owszem
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish owszem. Compare Czech ovšem (“but; certainly, yes, of course”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]owszem
- certainly, yes, of course
- Synonyms: tak, dokładnie, racja, naturalnie, oczywiście, rzeczywiście, w rzeczy samej
- used with an additional sentence to contradict what an interlocutor has said
- (literary) an in-word used to confirm and intensify a subordinate clause
Related terms
[edit]prefix