"Dzisiaj wieczorem"

Translation: Tonight

[Donogh]

I've noticed that Polish people often say 'today evening' instead of 'tonight' or 'this evening'. I guess this why?

[Breadlesssauron]

We don't have a single word for 'tonight' in Czech, too. Guess English wins at this one. :D

[kiddo-depido]

I think so xD In Spanish there is no word for "tonight", you'd say "esta noche" (this night) or "hoy a la noche" (today at night).

[deactivated user]

They use both: tonight and today evening. However tonight seems to be used when it is later.

[Skibuh]

"dzisiaj wieczorem" = "tonight" "evening today"

[Renoized]

Can somebody tell me why wieczór is in instrumental, please?

[ann666]

In this sentence "wieczorem" is an adverb.

But yes, "wieczorem" is alos an instrumental case ;)

[alex_tv80]

I think "wieczorem" is an adverb

[conor.raff]

so the phrase is saying something like...
- today "eveningly" (if there were such an adverb in English lol.)

Sorry for being such a nerd, I'm trying to understand the grammar behind all these phrases. I got up to 20 lessons a month ago and realised I still had no clue so I realised I had to go back and learn a lot of grammar and now I'm obsessed with it.

[CRydell96]

What's the difference between Dzisiaj and Dziś?

[Jellei]

No difference. One may seem better sometimes for stylistic reasons.

[doktacee]

How would you say this afternoon then?

[Jellei]

"dziś po południu" (today in the afternoon, or rather today after noon), alternatively "dzisiejszego popołudnia"

"tego popołudnia" for "this afternoon" on its own.

Nominative for 'afternoon' is 'popołudnie'.

[doktacee]

Thank you so much! It is something I have seen before but never really used.

[JerryMcCarthy99]

I think it's the same. "Wieczór" stretches over a longer period than the English "Evening", like the Italian "Sera".

[aGABT31]

Why isn't 'tonight' just 'dzisaij noc' or dziś po noc, or can you say that and still make sense?

[Jellei]

No. "dzisiaj/dziś w nocy" makes sense.

Anyway, I think that "this evening" is a better translation, even if English users will use "tonight" as "this evening"...

[ShitanshuS3]

Its so hard