No. 252 in Bulgarian

вчера

"Вчера" means "yesterday" in English.

In a sentence

Вчера ходих на кино.
Yesterday, I went to the cinema.
The word 'вчера' is used as an adverb to indicate the day preceding today.
Вчера беше прекрасен ден.
Yesterday was a wonderful day.
Here, 'вчера' functions as the subject of the sentence, referring directly to the preceding day.
Чух, че вчера е валяло дъжд.
I heard that yesterday it rained.
In this case, 'вчера' is part of a reported sentence, placed to indicate the timeframe of the mentioned action.

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