Breakdown of Oni piszą coraz płynniej.
oni
they (masculine personal)
pisać
to write
coraz
more and more
płynnie
fluently
Questions & Answers about Oni piszą coraz płynniej.
Why does the Polish sentence only use coraz once, while the English translation says "more and more"?
In Polish, the particle coraz (meaning "increasingly" or "progressively") is only used once and is always followed by a comparative adjective or adverb. So coraz płynniej literally means "increasingly more fluently," which corresponds to the English repeating structure "more and more fluently."
How is the comparative form płynniej made?
It is the comparative degree of the adverb płynnie (fluently). To form the comparative of regular adverbs ending in -ie, you typically drop the final -e and add the suffix -ej to get płynniej.
Could I use coraz płynniejsi or coraz płynniejsze in this sentence?
No, because those are adjectives. In this sentence, you are describing how they perform an action (piszą, they write). Therefore, you must use an adverb. Adverbs like płynniej do not change their form to match gender or number.
I know the dictionary form is pisać (to write). Why does the verb change to piszą?
The verb pisać has a consonant mutation in its present tense conjugation. The s in the stem changes to sz, giving us the present tense stem pisz-. For the "they" form (oni/one), you add the ending -ą, resulting in piszą.
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