No. 474 in Indonesian
tadi
"Tadi" means "earlier" or "just now."
In a sentence
Saya sudah membaca buku itu tadi pagi.
I already read that book earlier this morning.
In this sentence, 'tadi' specifies an earlier point during the same day, emphasizing a time that has recently passed, highlighted as "Earlier this morning".
Dia berkata hal itu tadi malam.
He said that last night.
Here, 'tadi' refers to a point within the previous evening, recently past the current time discussion, translated as "Last night".
Apa yang kamu katakan tadi?
What did you just say?
In this context, 'tadi' marks an event from the immediate past, emphasizing a moment ago, as indicated in the question "just."
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