No. 1,536 in French

hier

"Hier" means "yesterday."

In a sentence

Hier, je suis allé au marché.
Yesterday, I went to the market.
In this sentence, 'hier' is used as a temporal adverb indicating the time 'yesterday.'
Je pensais à ce que tu as dit hier.
I was thinking about what you said yesterday.
Here, 'hier' again serves as a time adverb, referring to the day before today.
C'était hier que nous avons rencontré Marie.
It was yesterday that we met Marie.
In this case, 'hier' is emphasized to specify the particular day of an event.

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