Word
Wieczorem sprawdzam wiadomość głosową trzy razy.
Meaning
In the evening I check the voice message three times.
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Breakdown of Wieczorem sprawdzam wiadomość głosową trzy razy.
ja
I
wieczorem
in the evening
wiadomość
the message
sprawdzać
to check
Questions & Answers about Wieczorem sprawdzam wiadomość głosową trzy razy.
Why is it wieczorem and not w wieczór for “in the evening”?
In Polish, many time expressions use a bare noun in a special case (usually instrumental or locative) without a preposition to mean “in/at [time]”.
- rano – in the morning
- po południu – in the afternoon
- wieczorem – in the evening
- w nocy – at night
Here, wieczór (evening) → wieczorem (instrumental singular) and on its own it means “in the evening”.
You can say “w wieczór”, but it sounds archaic or poetic and is not used in normal, modern speech. The natural form is simply Wieczorem…
Does sprawdzam mean “I check” or “I will check”? What tense/aspect is it?