No. 739 in Lithuanian
vakar
"Vakar" means "yesterday" in English.
In a sentence
Vakar aš nuėjau į parduotuvę ir nusipirkau duonos.
Yesterday I went to the store and bought bread.
The word 'vakar' here indicates the temporal context of the action, specifying that the events occurred the previous day.
Vakar vakare buvo labai gražus saulėlydis.
Yesterday in the evening, there was a very beautiful sunset.
In this sentence, 'vakar' serves as a temporal adverb specifying that the sunset occurred during the previous day's evening.
Ar prisimeni, ką mes veikėme vakar?
Do you remember what we did yesterday?
Here, 'vakar' is used to frame the question by specifying that the topic concerns events that occurred the day before.
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