Wieczorem lubię wietrzyć sypialnię przed snem.

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Breakdown of Wieczorem lubię wietrzyć sypialnię przed snem.

• lubić: to like
• wieczorem: in the evening
• sypialnia: the bedroom

Questions & Answers about Wieczorem lubię wietrzyć sypialnię przed snem.

Why does the sentence start with Wieczorem?

Wieczorem means in the evening. Polish often puts a time expression at the beginning of the sentence to set the scene first.

So:

• Wieczorem lubię wietrzyć sypialnię przed snem. = In the evening, I like to air out the bedroom before sleep.

You could also say:

• Lubię wieczorem wietrzyć sypialnię przed snem.

That is also correct. Starting with Wieczorem simply gives a little more emphasis to when this usually happens.

Why is it wieczorem and not something like w wieczór?

Wieczorem is a very common Polish way to say in the evening. It uses the instrumental case in an adverb-like function.

This happens with several time words in Polish:

• rano = in the morning
• wieczorem = in the evening
• nocą = at night
• latem = in summer
• zimą = in winter

So wieczorem is best learned as a fixed, natural expression meaning in the evening.

What form is lubię?