Breakdown of Wróciliśmy do domu wieczorem.
dom
house
wieczorem
in the evening
do
to
wrócić
to return, to come back (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Wróciliśmy do domu wieczorem.
Does the ending of wróciliśmy tell us who is in the 'we' group?
Yes! The -liśmy ending means 'we' includes at least one man (masculine personal). If the group was made up entirely of women, you would use the non-masculine personal ending and say wróciłyśmy.
Why is there a do before domu when English just says 'returned home'?
English has a special rule for the word 'home' where we drop the word 'to' (we don't say 'returned to home'). Polish doesn't do this. You have to literally say 'to the house' using the preposition do followed by the Genitive case form domu.
Why is the word for 'evening' wieczorem instead of its dictionary form wieczór?
Wieczorem is the Instrumental case of wieczór. Polish uses this case all by itself, without any prepositions, to express the time of day something happens. It translates perfectly to 'in the evening'.
The sentence starts with the verb. Is the pronoun 'we' (my) not needed?
Exactly. The ending -liśmy on the verb wróciliśmy already tells us that the subject is 'we'. In Polish, you usually drop subject pronouns like my unless you want to add special emphasis.
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