čoraz + Comparative

More and More: Čoraz

Level 4

Put čoraz in front of a comparative to say that something keeps changing: Je čoraz teplejšie (It is getting warmer and warmer).

How It Works

One word does the job. English repeats the comparative to show a growing change: warmer and warmer, more and more. Slovak says it once and puts čoraz in front: čoraz teplejšie, čoraz viac.

It needs a comparative. Čoraz is never used with the basic form of an adjective or adverb. It goes with a comparative:

  • Adjectives: Dni sú čoraz kratšie. (The days are getting shorter and shorter.)
  • Adverbs: Rozumiem ti čoraz lepšie. (I understand you better and better.) See adverbs from adjectives.
  • Amounts: čoraz viac (more and more) and čoraz menej (less and less, fewer and fewer). A noun after them goes into the genitive, and the verb stays singular: Čoraz viac ľudí sa učí po slovensky.

Irregular comparatives work the same way: čoraz lepší (better and better), čoraz horší (worse and worse), čoraz väčší (bigger and bigger). See irregular comparatives.

Other ways to say it. In everyday speech, stále with a comparative means the same: Je stále teplejšie. The phrase čím ďalej is another option: Je to čím ďalej horšie. (It is getting worse and worse.) Do not mix up čoraz with čím ... tým, which links two changes: Čím viac čítaš, tým lepšie píšeš. (The more you read, the better you write.)

Spelling. Always write čoraz as one word.

Examples (6)

  1. Je čoraz teplejšie.

    It's getting warmer and warmer.

    Word by Word: Is ever-more warmer.

  2. Čoraz viac ľudí sa učí po slovensky.

    More and more people are learning Slovak.

    Word by Word: Ever-more more of-people self learns in-Slovak.

    Ľudí is genitive plural after viac, and the verb učí stays singular.

  3. Na jeseň sú dni čoraz kratšie.

    In autumn the days get shorter and shorter.

    Word by Word: In autumn are days ever-more shorter.

  4. Rozumiem ti čoraz lepšie.

    I understand you better and better.

    Word by Word: I-understand to-you ever-more better.

  5. Ceny v obchodoch sú čoraz vyššie.

    Prices in the shops are getting higher and higher.

    Word by Word: Prices in shops are ever-more higher.

  6. Na dedine žije čoraz menej mladých ľudí.

    Fewer and fewer young people live in the village.

    Word by Word: In village lives ever-more fewer of-young of-people.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the basic form instead of the comparative.

    Je čoraz teplo.
    Je čoraz teplejšie.

    Čoraz means the change keeps growing, so it needs a comparative: teplejšie, not teplo.

  • Writing čoraz as two words.

    Čo raz viac ľudí sa učí po slovensky.
    Čoraz viac ľudí sa učí po slovensky.

    Čoraz is a single word. Written apart, čo raz does not mean more and more.

  • Putting the noun after viac in the nominative.

    Čoraz viac ľudia sa učia po slovensky.
    Čoraz viac ľudí sa učí po slovensky.

    After viac and menej, the noun is genitive (ľudí) and the verb is singular (učí).

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