Wieczorem oglądam wiadomości w telewizji.

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Breakdown of Wieczorem oglądam wiadomości w telewizji.

• wieczorem: in the evening
• w: on
• oglądać: to watch

Questions & Answers about Wieczorem oglądam wiadomości w telewizji.

What does wieczorem mean here, and why isn’t it just wieczór?

Wieczór is the basic dictionary form meaning evening.

In the sentence, wieczorem means in the evening or this evening. It is an adverbial time expression built from the noun. Polish often does this with parts of the day or seasons.

So:

• wieczór = evening
• wieczorem = in the evening

You would not normally say w wieczór for this meaning.

Does wieczorem mean one particular evening, or does it mean every evening?

It depends on context.

With a present-tense verb like oglądam, the sentence often sounds habitual, so a natural English meaning is In the evening / In the evenings, I watch the news on TV.

But in the right context, wieczorem can also mean this evening.

If you want to make the repeated meaning especially clear, Polish often uses wieczorami, meaning in the evenings.

Why is there no word for I in the sentence?