vakardiena
See also: vakardienā
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vakar (“yesterday”) + diena (“day”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]vakardiena f (4th declension)
- (the day of) yesterday, the day before today
- 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
- (the day of) yesterday (the past, especially the recent past)
- 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
Usage notes
[edit]Vakars is a noun, means “evening” (locative form vakarā “in the evening,” used also as a temporal adverb) while historically related vakar is an adverb, meaning “yesterday” (its nominal counterpart is vakardiena “(the day of) yesterday”).
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vakardiena | vakardienas |
| genitive | vakardienas | vakardienu |
| dative | vakardienai | vakardienām |
| accusative | vakardienu | vakardienas |
| instrumental | vakardienu | vakardienām |
| locative | vakardienā | vakardienās |
| vocative | vakardiena | vakardienas |