No. 2,436 in Swedish
gårdagens
"Yesterday's"
In a sentence
Gårdagens möte var mycket givande.
Yesterday's meeting was very fruitful.
The word 'gårdagens' in this sentence acts as a possessive adjective referring to 'yesterday,' specifically to the day preceding today, and it describes the meeting by attributing it as belonging to or happening during yesterday.
Jag läste gårdagens tidning på morgonen.
I read yesterday's newspaper in the morning.
Here, 'gårdagens' is used to refer to the newspaper published the day before today, functioning as an adjective modifying 'tidning,' indicating possession or relevance to the previous day.
Gårdagens väder var soligt och varmt.
Yesterday's weather was sunny and warm.
In this case, 'gårdagens' describes 'väder,' identifying the weather conditions as specific to the prior day, thereby serving as a temporal marker in adjectival form.
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