No. 5,508 in Polish
trudniej
"Trudniej" means "harder" or "more difficult" in English.
In a sentence
Im bliżej celu, tym trudniej jest go osiągnąć.
The closer you get to the goal, the harder it becomes to achieve it.
The word "trudniej" is used here comparably to indicate an increasing level of difficulty as proximity to the goal increases.
W miarę upływu czasu, trudniej mi było przypomnieć sobie szczegóły.
As time went by, it became harder for me to recall the details.
"Trudniej" expresses a relative increase in difficulty over time for recalling details.
To zadanie jest trudniej wykonać bez odpowiedniego przygotowania.
This task is harder to complete without proper preparation.
Here, "trudniej" conveys a comparative difficulty linked to the lack of preparation for completing a task.
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