Večeras pripremam dokumente za sutrašnji sastanak.

tonight

Breakdown of Večeras pripremam dokumente za sutrašnji sastanak.

• za: for
• sastanak: meeting
• pripremati: to prepare

Questions & Answers about Večeras pripremam dokumente za sutrašnji sastanak.

Why is there no word for I in this sentence?

In Croatian, the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action.

• pripremam = I prepare / I am preparing

The ending -am shows 1st person singular (I), so ja is not necessary.

You could say Ja večeras pripremam dokumente za sutrašnji sastanak, but that usually adds emphasis, like I’m the one preparing them tonight.

What does večeras mean exactly, and how is it different from večer?

Večeras means tonight / this evening.

It is an adverb of time, so it tells you when the action happens:

• Večeras pripremam... = I’m preparing ... tonight

By contrast, večer means evening as a noun:

• Dobra večer = Good evening
• Ova večer = this evening (less common than other ways of saying it)

So here, večeras is the natural adverb, not a noun.

Why is pripremam used here? What form is it?