No. 109 in Turkish
dün
"Yesterday."
In a sentence
Dün, çok güzel bir dostumla kahve içtim.
Yesterday, I had coffee with a very good friend.
In this sentence, 'dün' is used as an adverb to indicate a specific time in the past (the day before today).
Dünün hava durumu çok güzeldi.
Yesterday's weather was very nice.
Here, 'dünün' is the possessive form of 'dün', used to describe something belonging to yesterday.
Dündü, bu haberi duyduğum an.
It was yesterday when I heard this news.
In this sentence, 'dün' is used in conjunction with a verb to provide emphasis on the time frame of the action, indicating 'yesterday'.
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