No. 513 in Afrikaans

gisteraand

"Last night."

In a sentence

Gisteraand het ek 'n mooi fliek gekyk.
Last night, I watched a nice movie.
'Gisteraand' is used here to refer specifically to the previous evening.
Ons het gisteraand saam met vriende aandete geëet.
We had dinner with friends last night.
The term 'gisteraand' is utilized to set the context of when the dinner took place, occurring the night before the current day.
Die weer was gisteraand baie koud.
The weather was very cold last night.
'Gisteraand' establishes the time frame for experiencing the cold weather, signifying it happened during the evening hours of the prior day.

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