Thread: What "наверное" means?

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

Now that I learned that наверное in most of the cases means probably I would like to know what наверняка means?
Obviously the two words have the same root but from what I read I think that наверняка means "for sure, certainly" (i.e. It has the archaic meaning of наверное).
Correct?

for sure, surely; when one is certain; surely, certainly - the meaning is not archaic, often used

the trick is that наверное expresses doubt, while наверняка implies certainty,

It's a bit confusing, but it's the way it is.