Breakdown of Twierdzę, że ten kurort jest równie atrakcyjny w zimie co w lecie.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
w
in / on (a day)
że
that
lato
summer
zima
winter
twierdzić
to claim
równie
equally (to the same degree)
atrakcyjny
attractive
kurort
the resort
co
as (in equative comparisons)
Questions & Answers about Twierdzę, że ten kurort jest równie atrakcyjny w zimie co w lecie.
Why does this sentence use co instead of jak for "as"?
When making an equative comparison using równie (equally / as), you can pair it with either jak or co. In this sentence, równie atrakcyjny ... co ... and równie atrakcyjny ... jak ... are completely interchangeable and both are grammatically correct. Równie ... co is a very natural pairing in both spoken and written Polish.
I usually see "in winter" as zimą and "in summer" as latem. Why does this sentence use w zimie and w lecie?
Both forms are perfectly correct and mean the exact same thing. Zimą and latem use the instrumental case on their own to express "during the season of". W zimie and w lecie use the preposition w (in) followed by the locative case. You could easily rewrite this part as równie atrakcyjny zimą co latem.
Could I use tak samo instead of równie to mean "as attractive"?
Yes, but you have to be careful with the second half of the comparison. If you use the slightly less formal tak samo (just as / in the same way), you must pair it with jak. You cannot say tak samo ... co. The sentence would be: ... jest tak samo atrakcyjny w zimie jak w lecie.
What is the exact nuance of starting the sentence with Twierdzę, że rather than Uważam, że?
Twierdzić means "to claim", "to assert", or "to maintain". It carries a stronger, more argumentative weight than uważać (to consider / to believe) or myśleć (to think). By using Twierdzę, że, the speaker is making a confident assertion, perhaps pushing back against people who think the resort is only good in the summer.
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