тим паче що

Emphatic Added Reason

Level 6Sounds Like tim pače ŝo

Use тим паче що to add a 'clincher' reason—an extra piece of information that makes your previous point even more undeniable. It translates to 'all the more so because' or 'especially since.'

How It Works

1. Meaning and Usage
The phrase тим паче що is used when you have already provided a reason or made a claim, and you want to add another reason that is even more significant. The word паче is an archaic adverb meaning 'more,' which gives the expression its formal weight. This pattern is particularly common when reinforcing a refusal or a negative claim, providing a weightier justification for why something cannot or should not happen.

2. Syntactic Structure

  • Mid-sentence: It usually follows a comma and introduces a full clause (subject + verb).
  • Sentence-initial: It can start a new sentence to link back to the previous thought, emphasizing the reason that follows.

3. Punctuation
In standard writing, a comma is required before the entire phrase when it appears in the middle of a sentence: [Main Clause], тим паче що [Subordinate Clause].

4. Register and Synonyms
While understood by all, it is most common in journalism, academic writing, and literature. The most common neutral synonym is тим більше що. For other causal links, speakers use позаяк or оскільки in formal contexts, or бо in casual speech. A high-style, purely literary alternative for the meaning 'all the more so' is the adverb поготів. Note that unlike тим паче що, which is a conjunction introducing a clause, поготів is an adverb that typically appears at the end of a phrase (e.g., Він не прийде, а вона поготів).

Examples (4)

  1. Варто підтримати цю ініціативу, тим паче що вона допоможе дітям.

    It is worth supporting this initiative, all the more so because it will help children.

    Word by Word: Worth to-support this initiative, that more that it will-help children.

    Here, the speaker provides a general recommendation and then adds a decisive reason using the conjunction.

  2. Я не хочу йти на прогулянку, тим паче що зараз іде дощ.

    I don't want to go for a walk, especially as it is raining now.

    Word by Word: I not want to-go on walk, that more that now goes rain.

    The rain is presented as the 'extra' reason that makes the decision not to walk final.

  3. Тим паче що розвиток технологій відкриває нові можливості для бізнесу.

    All the more so because the development of technology opens new opportunities for business.

    Word by Word: That more that development of-technologies opens new opportunities for business.

    This demonstrates the sentence-initial use, linking the statement to a previously mentioned context.

  4. Ми повинні поспішати, тим паче що поїзд відходить за десять хвилин.

    We must hurry, especially since the train leaves in ten minutes.

    Word by Word: We must to-hurry, that more that train departs in ten minutes.

    The time constraint is the emphatic reason added to the instruction to hurry.

Common Mistakes

  • Writing 'тим паче' as a single word.

    Він прийде, тимпаче що він обіцяв.
    Він прийде, тим паче що він обіцяв.

    The phrase consists of three separate words: 'тим', 'паче', and 'що'. They should never be joined.

  • Omitting 'що' when introducing a full clause.

    Я куплю це, тим паче ціна низька.
    Я куплю це, тим паче що ціна низька.

    If you are following the expression with a subject and a verb (a clause), you must include 'що'. Without 'що', 'тим паче' usually emphasizes a single noun or phrase.

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тим паче щоLevel 6Emphatic Added Reason

Learn This First

To understand 'тим паче що', a learner needs to be familiar with how 'що' introduces subordinate clauses and how demonstrative pronouns like 'той' change in case (specifically the instrumental 'тим'). Knowledge of comparative structures is also helpful to understand the emphatic 'more so' meaning of the phrase.

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