Robercie! Rozumiesz opatrzność w sposób opaczny.
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Translation
Robert! You understand providence in a mistaken way.
Vocabulary
- Robercie — Robert (vocative case — used for direct address)
- rozumieć — to understand (2nd sg. present: rozumiesz)
- opatrzność — providence, divine care
- sposób — way, manner (locative: sposób → w sposób)
- opaczny — perverse, wrong-headed, back-to-front
Grammar note
'W sposób opaczny' uses 'w sposób' plus an adjective, a fixed phrase meaning 'in a certain way'. 'Opatrzność' and 'opaczny' share the root 'opak-', meaning backwards or contrary. The words are historically related.
Intermediate
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