No. 121 in Italian
ieri
"Yesterday."
In a sentence
Ieri sono andato al cinema.
Yesterday, I went to the cinema.
'Ieri' is used as an adverb of time to specify when the action of going to the cinema occurred.
L'evento di ieri è stato molto interessante.
Yesterday's event was very interesting.
'Ieri' is used as an adjective to describe 'l'evento', indicating the event that occurred the day before today.
Ci siamo incontrati il giorno prima di ieri.
We met the day before yesterday.
'Ieri' is used within a phrase that specifies a time relative to a point in the past, 'il giorno prima di ieri' meaning the day before 'yesterday'.
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