Grammatical class
Adverb
hier
yesterday
Details
Syllables
hier
Phonetics
jɛʁ
Grammatical class
Adverb
Freq. (books)
574
Freq. (movies)
285
Freq. (news)
142
Variants
Sentences
Il a plu hier.
It rained yesterday.
J'y étais hier.
I was there yesterday.
Il a crevé hier.
He died yesterday.
Je l'ai vu hier.
I saw him yesterday.
Je l'ai aidé hier.
I helped him yesterday.
J'ai porté ça hier.
I wore this yesterday.
Tu nous as vus hier.
You saw us yesterday.
Je les ai aidés hier.
I helped them yesterday.
J'ai dû y aller hier.
I had to go there yesterday.
J'ai vu mes amis hier.
I saw my friends yesterday.
J'étais occupé hier.
I was busy yesterday.
[…] car il nous appartient que les choses changent dans le sens du meilleur, d’un meilleur peut-être précaire, et qui pourrait s’énoncer par cette maxime : mieux que rien, mieux qu’hier et mieux qu’aujourd’hui.
[…] because it's up to us to change things for the better — a perhaps precarious better — and which could be stated by this maxim: better than nothing, better than yesterday, and better than today.