Breakdown of Wieczorem kąpię się w wannie.
wieczorem
in the evening
w
in / on (a day)
wanna
the bathtub
kąpać się
to bathe, take a bath
Questions & Answers about Wieczorem kąpię się w wannie.
Why does the word for evening, wieczór, change to wieczorem here?
Wieczorem is the instrumental case of the noun wieczór. In Polish, to say that something happens during a part of the day, like in the morning or in the evening, you often use the instrumental case without any preposition. So wieczorem translates to "in the evening".
Why is there a się after kąpię?
The verb kąpać się (to bathe) is a reflexive verb in Polish. The word się acts like "myself" here. Without się, kąpię would mean you are bathing someone else, like a baby or a dog.
The dictionary form is kąpać. Why does it change to kąpię for the "I" form?
The verb kąpać belongs to a group of verbs where the stem changes in the present tense. The p softens to pi, and the a drops out before the -ę ending for the first-person singular form.
Why is it w wannie instead of w wanna?
The preposition w (in) requires the locative case when talking about a static location. For feminine nouns ending in -a like wanna (bathtub), the ending usually changes to -e or -ie in the locative. Here, it takes -ie, making it w wannie.
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