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minus-squareTrizza Tethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoBut there is no single word in modern English for “the day after tomorrow” or “the day before yesterday”. In other languages, maybe. But not in English.
minus-squarejoby@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoBe the change you want to see in the word.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOTOH, at least the word for tomorrow isn’t also the word for morning.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoSpanish has “antier” for the second one. Also a fun one “Estrenar”, which can mean something like “try for the first time”. So you might say “I tried out my bike for the first time the day before yesterday” in English, you could simply say “Estrené mi bicicleta antier” in Spanish
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoDefinitely both exist in Japanese and they are used fairly frequently. 一昨日 day before yesterday 昨日 yesterday 今日 today 明日 tomorrow 明後日 day after tomorrow
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoThere are also technically words for 3 and 4 days from now (also 3 and 4 days ago), but I don’t think they get used much. 明々後日 弥の明後日
But there is no single word in modern English for “the day after tomorrow” or “the day before yesterday”.
In other languages, maybe. But not in English.
Be the change you want to see in the word.
Overmorrow?
Tomomorrow?
Yestesterday?
OTOH, at least the word for tomorrow isn’t also the word for morning.
Spanish has “antier” for the second one.
Also a fun one “Estrenar”, which can mean something like “try for the first time”. So you might say “I tried out my bike for the first time the day before yesterday” in English, you could simply say “Estrené mi bicicleta antier” in Spanish
Definitely both exist in Japanese and they are used fairly frequently.
一昨日 day before yesterday 昨日 yesterday 今日 today 明日 tomorrow 明後日 day after tomorrow
There are also technically words for 3 and 4 days from now (also 3 and 4 days ago), but I don’t think they get used much.
明々後日
弥の明後日