Breakdown of Dobry wieczór. Teraz oglądam film.
teraz
now
oglądać
to watch
film
film
dobry wieczór
good evening
Questions & Answers about Dobry wieczór. Teraz oglądam film.
Why is there no word for "I" in the second sentence?
In Polish, you usually drop subject pronouns like ja (I) because the verb's ending already tells us who is doing the action. The -am ending on oglądam specifically means "I am watching".
Does oglądam mean "I watch" or "I am watching"?
It means both! Polish doesn't have a separate continuous tense like English does. Depending on the context, oglądam translates to either "I watch" or "I am watching". The word teraz (now) makes it clear that the action is happening right at this moment.
Why is the word order Dobry wieczór when we say Dzień dobry for "Good morning"?
That is just a quirky difference in set greetings you have to memorize. While Dzień dobry literally means "Day good", Dobry wieczór puts the adjective first, exactly matching the English word order of "Good evening".
The word film is the object of the action here. Shouldn't its ending change?
When a noun is the direct object of a verb, it takes a grammatical form called the accusative case, which often changes the word's ending. However, for non-living masculine nouns like film, this form is exactly the same as the basic dictionary form. So it doesn't look any different here.
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