Word
Im bardziej otwarcie mówimy, tym lepiej rozumiemy jeden drugiego.
Meaning
The more openly we speak, the better we understand one another.
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Breakdown of Im bardziej otwarcie mówimy, tym lepiej rozumiemy jeden drugiego.
rozumieć
to understand
bardzo
very
dobrze
well
mówić
to speak
Questions & Answers about Im bardziej otwarcie mówimy, tym lepiej rozumiemy jeden drugiego.
Why does this sentence use jeden drugiego instead of just się or się nawzajem?
While you could simply say rozumiemy się or rozumiemy się nawzajem, using jeden drugiego explicitly emphasizes the individuals in the relationship. It highlights the one-to-one connection, making "understand one another" feel slightly deeper and more deliberate.
Why is the second word in jeden drugiego in the accusative case?
The verb rozumieć (to understand) requires a direct object in the accusative case. When declining the reciprocal phrase jeden drugi, only the second part (drugi) changes to match the case required by the verb. The first part (jeden) usually stays in the nominative.
Does jeden drugiego mean the speakers are exclusively male?
Not necessarily. Because Polish uses the masculine personal gender as the default for mixed groups, jeden drugiego covers both all-male pairs and male-female pairs. If two women were speaking exclusively to each other, they would say jedna drugą.
How does the "the more... the better" structure work grammatically here?