Hier
Example: Hier, nous avons visité le musée avec mes amis.
Definition
"Hier" is an adverb in French that means the day before today. It is commonly used to refer to events or actions that occurred one day prior to the current day, as in the example phrase, "Hier, nous avons visité le musée avec mes amis."
Etymology
The word "hier" comes from the Latin word "heri," which also means yesterday. This term has been used in French since the Middle Ages, retaining its original meaning related to the previous day. Did you know that the Latin root is related to the concept of time just passed?
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"Hier" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (A1) - set 1", containing 110 commonly used words.
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