/jɛʁ/
Translation
yesterday
Word origin
From Latin heri ('yesterday'). The Latin adverb is related to the root behind English 'yester-' in 'yesterday'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- heri
Examples
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He arrived yesterday evening around nine.
, j' vieille .
Yesterday I ran into an old friend by chance.
-midi.
The document was signed yesterday afternoon.
, '.
Yesterday it rained all day without stopping.
l' .
I saw her at the market yesterday morning.
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Grammar articles
(12)French Comparatives: plus, moins, aussi and the Three Irregulars
Reported Speech in French: Tense Backshift (dit que, a dit que)
French Imparfait: One Stem, One Set of Endings, One Irregular
French Impersonal Verbs: il y a, il faut, il fait and the Dummy Subject 'il'
French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Object Pronouns: me, te, le, la, lui, nous, vous, leur and the Preverbal Position
Passé Composé vs Imparfait: How to Choose Between the Two French Past Tenses
French Passé Composé: avoir or être + Past Participle and the MRS VANDERTRAMP Set
French Pronouns Y and EN: there, some, of it, of them
French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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