No. 116 in Czech
loni
"Last year."
In a sentence
Loni jsme navštívili Český Krumlov.
Last year, we visited Český Krumlov.
In this sentence, 'loni' specifies the time when the visit happened, indicating that it occurred in the previous year.
Bylo to loni, co jsme začali stavět tento dům.
It was last year that we started building this house.
Here, 'loni' is used to reference the point in time that marks the beginning of an event, which is the start of building the house.
Loni bylo extrémně suché léto.
Last year had an extremely dry summer.
In this sentence, 'loni' facilitates specifying the particular year in which the dry summer occurred.
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