Wieczorem idziemy na koncert do centrum miasta.

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Breakdown of Wieczorem idziemy na koncert do centrum miasta.

• do: to
• wieczorem: in the evening
• na: to

Questions & Answers about Wieczorem idziemy na koncert do centrum miasta.

Why is it Wieczorem, and not something like w wieczór, to say in the evening?

Polish often uses the instrumental case to express time when something happens.

• wieczór = evening (basic/nominative form)
• wieczorem = in the evening (instrumental form)

So instead of literally saying w wieczór, Polish normally just uses the instrumental:

• Wieczorem idziemy… = In the evening we’re going…
• Rano idę do pracy. = In the morning I go to work. (from rano – already an adverb)
• Nocą pracuje. = He/She works at night. (from noc, instrumental nocą)

w wieczór is not natural in standard Polish for clock/calendar time; you’ll hear wieczorem.

What grammatical form is wieczorem exactly?

Wieczorem is the instrumental singular of the noun wieczór (evening).

Pattern:

• Nominative (dictionary form): wieczór – evening
• Instrumental (used here): wieczorem – (in/at) the evening

Instrumental singular ending -em is typical for many masculine nouns. Here it functions adverbially to say when something happens: wieczorem = in the evening.

Why is there no my before ? How do I know it means ?