Gledamo vijesti navečer.

to watch

Breakdown of Gledamo vijesti navečer.

• navečer: in the evening
• vijest: news

Questions & Answers about Gledamo vijesti navečer.

What does the verb form in gledamo tell me?

It’s 1st person plural present of gledati (to watch), so it means we watch / we are watching. The ending -mo marks “we”.

Why isn’t “we” (mi) written?

Croatian usually drops subject pronouns because the verb ending shows the person and number. You can add Mi gledamo vijesti navečer for emphasis on “we”.

What aspect is gledati, and what does that imply?

Gledati is imperfective, used for ongoing or habitual actions. Here it means a regular habit or a general statement. To stress a single, completed act, use perfective pogledati.

How would I say “We will watch the news in the evening”?

• Neutral future: Gledat ćemo vijesti navečer.
• Completed-once nuance: Pogledat ćemo vijesti navečer.

How do I say it in the past?

• Mixed/masculine group: Gledali smo vijesti navečer.
• All-female group: Gledale smo vijesti navečer. (The auxiliary smo is a clitic and stays in second position.)

Which case is vijesti in here?

Accusative plural (direct object). For feminine nouns like vijest → vijesti, the accusative plural looks the same as the nominative plural.

Is vijesti always plural?

When it means “news” (mass meaning) or a news program, it’s plural-only: vijesti. The singular vijest means “a piece of news, a news item”.

What gender is vijest, and how do adjectives agree?

Vijest is feminine. Adjectives agree in feminine plural: dobre vijesti (good news), večernje vijesti (evening news).

Can I change the word order?

Yes. All are correct, with different emphasis:

• Neutral: Gledamo vijesti navečer.
• Time focus: Navečer gledamo vijesti.
• Object focus: Vijesti gledamo navečer.

How do I replace vijesti with a pronoun?

Use the clitic ih (“them”):

• Gledamo ih navečer.
  If you front the time: Navečer ih gledamo. Clitics come after the first stressed word/phrase.

Do I need a preposition before navečer?

No. Navečer is already an adverb meaning “in the evening.” You can also hear uvečer; both are standard. Older/rarely: na večer.

What’s the difference between navečer, večeras, and svake večeri?

• navečer: in the evening (general time frame).
• večeras: this evening/tonight (specific to today).
• svake večeri: every evening (habitual).

How do I say “on TV”?

Add a locative phrase: Gledamo vijesti na televiziji or na TV-u.

How do I make it negative?

Place ne before the verb: Ne gledamo vijesti navečer.

How do I ask a yes–no question?

• Add li after the verb: Gledamo li vijesti navečer?
• Or just use rising intonation: Gledamo vijesti navečer?

Pronunciation tips for these words?

• gledamo: roughly “GLEH-dah-moh”; g is hard (as in “go”).
• vijesti: “vee-YEH-stee”; j = English “y”.
• navečer: “nah-VEH-cher”; č = “ch” in “church”.

Are there synonyms for vijesti?

For “news” as updates: novosti (also plural-only). For a main TV news bulletin, many stations say Dnevnik. In casual speech, vijesti usually covers the TV/online news.

Does the Croatian present mean both “we watch” and “we are watching”?

Yes. Context or adverbs clarify:

• Habitual: Obično gledamo vijesti navečer.
• Right now: Sada gledamo vijesti.