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Meaning of vakardiena | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2 Specialized
[vakaɾdìɛna]

Definitions

  1. yesterday, the day before today
    declension-4, feminine
  2. locative singular of vakardiena
    feminine, form-of, locative, singular
  3. yesterday (the past, especially the recent past)
    declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

English yesterday

Examples

“vakardienas laikraksti”

yesterday's newspapers

“vakardienas viesis”

yesterday's guest

“vakardienas notikums”

yesterday's event(s)

“sūna vēl ir mitra pēc vakardienas lietus”

the moss is still wet from yesterday's rain

“kopš aizvakardienas neesmu viņu saticis”

I haven't met (= seen) him since the day before yesterday

“vakardiena un aizvakardiena pagāja, gatavojoties ceļojumam”

yesterday and the day before yesterday went by in preparation for the trip

“tas viss bija tik sen... un tu zini, vakardienu pats Dievs nevar atgriezt; viss ir bijis, bijis...”

all that was so long ago... and you know, even God cannot return (the day of) yesterday; what is gone, (is) gone...

“šā gada rudens un ziemas sezonas apģērba galvenā tendence: šodienas stils ar vakardienas tradīciju”

the main trend of this year's autumn and winter clothing: today's style with yesterday's tradition

CEFR level

C2
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