No. 509 in Afrikaans

destyds

"In those days" or "back then."

In a sentence

Destyds het ons elke aand saam geëet.
In those days, we ate together every evening.
The word 'destyds' is used here to refer to a specific time in the past.
Hy het destyds in die stad gewoon.
He lived in the city back then.
The word 'destyds' indicates a reference to a past period where the action took place.
Ek onthou hoe destyds alles goedkoper was.
I remember how everything was cheaper back then.
The word 'destyds' expresses a nostalgic look back at an earlier time.

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