No. 5,121 in Arabic
امس
"أمس" means "yesterday" in English.
In a sentence
ذهبت إلى السوق امس.
I went to the market yesterday.
In this sentence, the word 'امس' is used as a temporal adverb indicating the past day, i.e., 'yesterday'.
كانت السماء صافية امس.
The sky was clear yesterday.
Here, 'امس' functions similarly to provide a temporal reference to the day before today, linking the described weather condition to that time.
امس كان يومًا مزدحمًا.
Yesterday was a busy day.
This usage of 'امس' serves to identify a specific day in the past, establishing the time frame for the subsequent description.
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