owszem
Meaning
- certainly, yes, of course
- used with an additional sentence to contradict what an interlocutor has said
- an in-word used to confirm and intensify a subordinate clause
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ow‧szem
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɔf.ʂɛm/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish owszem. Compare Czech ovšem (“but; certainly, yes, of course”).
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