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5 Feb 2023
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What is the difference between próbować and spróbować ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between próbować and spróbować ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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It means basically the same. The only different is, that you use "próbować" when you talk about longer activity when you try something once again np. Muszę dalej próbować (I have to keep going/ try again etc.). "Spróbować" can you use when you want to try something for the first time. "Próbować" is like doing something for a while and "spróbować" is when you want to try to do something and after that it's done, it's over. I hope you can understand what I mean
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"Próbować" - imperfective verb,
"Spróbować" - perfective verb.
Usually in English "(s)próbować" means "to try" but also "to taste" when you want to check what something "tastes" like. For instance, "Mogę spróbować twego ciasta? ("May I taste your cake?)
You say, "Próbuję" (I'm trying) when you, say, are looking for an answer to a problem, like in maths ("I was trying/tried different solutions but none worked".) But you may have tried just once and your solution worked. Then you say, I have tried (= Spróbował-am/-em) this solution and it works. Bingo!
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