Večeras neću izaći, jer sam umorna.

to be

Breakdown of Večeras neću izaći, jer sam umorna.

• ne: not
• umoran: tired
• jer: because

Questions & Answers about Večeras neću izaći, jer sam umorna.

What does večeras mean exactly, and how is it different from veče/večer?

Večeras means tonight / this evening and is used as an adverb of time.

• Večeras neću izaći. = I’m not going out tonight.

By contrast:

• veče or večer = evening as a noun
• ovo veče / ova večer = this evening
• tokom večeri = during the evening

So in this sentence, večeras is the natural choice because it tells us when the action happens.

Why is neću written as one word?

Neću is the standard written form of the negative future of hteti (to want, but also used to form the future tense).

• hoću = I will / I want
• neću = I will not

So:

• Neću izaći = I will not go out

This is just how Serbian writes this form: the negative future forms are commonly written as single words:

• neću = I won’t
• nećeš = you won’t
• neće = he/she/it won’t
• nećemo = we won’t
• nećete = you won’t
• neće = they won’t