Breakdown of Wieczorem oglądamy razem ulubiony serial w telewizji.
razem
together
w
in
wieczorem
in the evening
oglądać
to watch
Questions & Answers about Wieczorem oglądamy razem ulubiony serial w telewizji.
Why is it Wieczorem and not something with w, like w wieczorze?
Wieczorem is the instrumental form of wieczór (evening) used adverbially to mean in the evening.
Polish very often uses bare case forms (no preposition) to express when something happens:
- Rano – in the morning
- Po południu – in the afternoon
- Nocą – at night
So Wieczorem oglądamy… literally feels like “(During) evening we watch…”.
W wieczorze would sound odd in this context and is practically never used in everyday Polish.
What grammatical form is oglądamy, and why is there no pronoun like my?
Oglądamy is the 1st person plural, present tense, imperfective form of the verb oglądać (to watch). It already encodes “we” in its ending -my.
In Polish, subject pronouns (ja, ty, my, wy etc.) are usually dropped, because the verb ending shows who is doing the action.
You can say My oglądamy…, but that is used for emphasis, like “We (as opposed to others) are watching…”.
What is the difference between oglądać and obejrzeć? Could I say obejrzymy instead of ?