Breakdown of Вечером мы с ровесником сидим в парке и обсуждаем планы на будущее.
сидеть
to sit
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with
парк
the park
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in
Questions & Answers about Вечером мы с ровесником сидим в парке и обсуждаем планы на будущее.
Why is вечером used without any preposition? In English we say “in the evening”, but Russian just has “вечером”. What is this form?
Вечером is an adverbial form meaning “in the evening / in the evenings”.
Grammatically, it comes from the noun вечер (evening) in the instrumental case, but in practice you should treat вечером as a fixed time adverb, like:
- утром – in the morning
- днём – in/at the daytime
- ночью – at night
Russian very often expresses “at X time” without a preposition:
- Летом мы часто гуляем. – In summer we often go for walks.
- Зимой холодно. – In winter (it’s) cold.
So вечером here simply means “in the evening.” You don’t say в вечером — that would be incorrect.
What’s the difference between вечером and по вечерам? Could I say По вечерам мы с ровесником сидим в парке… instead?