polski · B1 · vocabulary · 4 minutes

Relationships and support

Name trust, support, disagreement, compromise, and reconciliation.

Understand the choice

Constructive language names an interaction rather than judging the person. A nieporozumienie may cause konflikt, while szacunek and wsparcie enable compromise and pojednanie.

Core rule: Mieć zaufanie do, liczyć na wsparcie, być w konflikcie, and osiągnąć kompromis are relationship phrases.

Notice it in context

Mimo nieporozumienia nadal mamy do siebie zaufanie.

Despite the misunderstanding, we still trust each other.

Mimo takes genitive nieporozumienia; zaufanie is object of mamy; do siebie completes it.

Wsparcie i szacunek wzmacniają więź.

Support and respect strengthen the bond.

Wsparcie, szacunek, and więź appear directly.

Konflikt kończy kompromis i pojednanie.

A compromise and reconciliation end the conflict.

Konflikt, kompromis, and pojednanie name tension and resolution.

What to remember

  • Ufać komuś takes dative; zaufać is perfective.
  • Wspierać means support; znosić tolerates/endures.

Common trap: Do not translate trust with wierzyć in every context; ufać is trust.

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