juo labiau

All the More with Juo Labiau

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Juo labiau means all the more or especially: Nenoriu eiti, juo labiau kad lyja. (I don't want to go, all the more because it is raining.)

How It Works

1. Juo labiau kad: a stronger reason

  • Nenoriu eiti, juo labiau kad lyja. (I don't want to go, all the more because it is raining.)
  • Reikia pailsėti, juo labiau kad rytoj ilga kelionė. (You need to rest, especially since there is a long journey tomorrow.)

The comma goes before juo labiau. Juo labiau kad works as one unit, so there is no comma before kad.

2. Juo labiau + a word: especially
The word after juo labiau keeps the case the sentence gives it: Visiems sunku, juo labiau vaikams. Here vaikams is dative, like visiems.

3. After a negative: let alone
Jis neturi laiko net pavalgyti, juo labiau sportuoti. (He doesn't even have time to eat, let alone exercise.) For a stronger literary way to say let alone, see Let Alone.

4. Where juo comes from
Juo is an old form meaning by that, so juo labiau is literally by that more. The same juo appears in Literary Juo ..., Juo ..., and a similar pattern is The More ..., the More .... Tuo labiau is also used with the same meaning.

Examples (5)

  1. Nenoriu eiti, juo labiau kad lyja.

    I don't want to go, all the more because it is raining.

    Word by Word: Not-I-want to-go, by-that more that it-rains.

  2. Visiems sunku, juo labiau vaikams.

    It is hard for everyone, especially for children.

    Word by Word: To-all hard, by-that more to-children.

  3. Jis neturi laiko net pavalgyti, juo labiau sportuoti.

    He doesn't even have time to eat, let alone exercise.

    Word by Word: He not-has of-time even to-eat, by-that more to-exercise.

  4. Reikia pailsėti, juo labiau kad rytoj ilga kelionė.

    You need to rest, especially since there is a long journey tomorrow.

    Word by Word: Needed to-rest, by-that more that tomorrow long journey.

  5. Man patinka Vilnius, juo labiau senamiestis.

    I like Vilnius, especially the Old Town.

    Word by Word: To-me pleases Vilnius, by-that more old-town.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting a comma between juo labiau and kad.

    Nenoriu eiti, juo labiau, kad lyja.
    Nenoriu eiti, juo labiau kad lyja.

    Juo labiau kad works as one unit. The comma goes before juo labiau, not before kad.

  • Changing the case after juo labiau.

    Visiems sunku, juo labiau vaikai.
    Visiems sunku, juo labiau vaikams.

    Juo labiau adds vaikai to the same slot as visiems, so it takes the same dative case: vaikams.

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Juo labiau adds a stronger reason or a case for which the statement holds more strongly.

Words in This Pattern

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