No. 51 in Hebrew
אתמול
Yesterday.
In a sentence
אתמול הלכתי לפארק.
Yesterday, I went to the park.
The word 'אתמול' denotes the specific time frame of the action, indicating it occurred the day prior to today.
היה ממש קר אתמול בערב.
It was really cold yesterday evening.
Here, 'אתמול' sets a temporal context for the descriptive statement, specifying when the cold conditions were experienced.
אתמול פגשתי חברה ותיקה.
Yesterday, I met an old friend.
In this sentence, 'אתמול' provides the time indicator for the completed action of meeting someone.
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