Breakdown of Ten krój jest piękny, zwłaszcza dla wysokich kobiet.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
kobieta
woman
wysoki
tall / high (of a fee/price)
piękny
beautiful
dla
for
zwłaszcza
especially
krój
the cut
Questions & Answers about Ten krój jest piękny, zwłaszcza dla wysokich kobiet.
Could I use szczególnie instead of zwłaszcza in this sentence?
Yes, they are almost completely interchangeable here. Both mean "especially" or "particularly." Zwłaszcza often feels like it's pointing out a specific, notable subset, while szczególnie focuses slightly more on the intensity of the trait. In everyday speech, replacing zwłaszcza with szczególnie here sounds perfectly natural.
Would przede wszystkim work here as well?
It would work grammatically, but it slightly changes the meaning. Przede wszystkim translates closer to "first and foremost" or "above all." If you said przede wszystkim dla wysokich kobiet, it implies the cut was designed primarily for tall women, and others are an afterthought. Zwłaszcza simply means it looks exceptionally good on them.
Does krój only refer to the cut of clothing?
Mostly yes, it is the standard word for the "cut," "style," or "pattern" of garments like a dress or a suit. However, you will also frequently see it used for typefaces and fonts in typography, which is called krój pisma.
I know dla requires the Genitive case, but why doesn't the plural noun kobiet have a typical case ending?
In the Genitive plural, feminine nouns that end in a vowel in their base form (like kobieta) usually drop that vowel, resulting in what we call a "zero ending." The final "a" disappears, leaving just kobiet. The adjective wysokich, however, takes the standard Genitive plural ending -ich.
Is the comma before zwłaszcza strictly necessary?
Yes. In Polish punctuation, when words like zwłaszcza or szczególnie introduce a phrase that clarifies, narrows down, or adds an afterthought to the main clause, they must be preceded by a comma.
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