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What is the difference between naprawdę and zaprawdę ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between naprawdę and zaprawdę ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Naprawdę confirms that something is consistent with true: “To jest naprawdę coś wspaniałego” or can express astonishment and disbelief: “Czy naprawdę sądziłeś, że mogę ci to zrobić?”.
Zaprawdę emphasise truth the belief that is expressed in sentence: “Zaprawdę ucieszyłam się, gdy go zobaczyłam”.
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I agree with @crystal2177. The only thing I would add to it is that "zaprawdę" sounds quite official and old-fashioned. I feel like nowadays it's only used in a written language - especially in the Bible. "Zaprawdę powiadam wam..." is a sentence that Jesus says many times to indicate that the words he's about to say, are true.
Good luck with your Polish!
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"Zaprawdę" you meet only in the Bible. It's the way Jesus talks when he's especially inspired, during his sermons ("Zaprawdę, powiadam wam...")
BTW, "powiadam" is also an obsolete word.
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