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26 Oct 2020
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What is the difference between przestać, powstrzymać and zatrzymać ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between przestać, powstrzymać and zatrzymać ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Przestać is to stop doing thing you do at the time like „Przestań na mnie krzyczeć!” (Stop shouting at me)
Powstrzymać is to stop something or someone like „Muszę powstrzymać Adama przed pójściem do kina” I need to stop Adam from going to cinema)
And zatrzymać is to stop process or event. „Zatrzymaj samochód” (Stop the car)
There is also wstrzymać which is hold on. „Wstrzymaj się z tym kijem” (Hold on with this bat)
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przestać - to stop (doing something)/cease
powstrzymać- hold sb/sth back
zatrzymać- stop
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Przestać is to stop doing thing you do at the time like „Przestań na mnie krzyczeć!” (Stop shouting at me)
Powstrzymać is to stop something or someone like „Muszę powstrzymać Adama przed pójściem do kina” I need to stop Adam from going to cinema)
And zatrzymać is to stop process or event. „Zatrzymaj samochód” (Stop the car)
There is also wstrzymać which is hold on. „Wstrzymaj się z tym kijem” (Hold on with this bat)
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