Questions & Answers about Sie sieht abends einen Film.
Why is the verb sieht instead of seht?
The base verb is sehen (to see or watch). It is a strong verb that changes its main vowel from e to ie for the words du (you) and er/sie/es (he/she/it). Because the subject here is sie (she), the verb takes this vowel change and becomes sieht.
Does sehen mean "to see" or "to watch"?
It means both! In English we make a distinction between seeing a picture and watching a movie, but in German, sehen is used for both. You will often see it used for watching movies, videos, or television.
Why isn't abends capitalized like other German nouns?
While der Abend (the evening) is a noun and must be capitalized, adding an s to the end turns it into an adverb meaning "in the evening" or "evenings". Since abends is an adverb and not a noun, it starts with a lowercase letter.
Why is it einen Film and not ein Film?
The movie is the thing being watched, which makes it the direct object of the sentence. In German, the direct object takes the accusative case. Since Film is a masculine noun (der Film), the word for "a" changes from its basic form ein to the accusative form einen.