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.

A1

J'y étais hier.

I was there yesterday.

A1

Il a crevé hier.

He died yesterday.

A1

Je l'ai vu hier.

I saw him yesterday.

A1

Je l'ai aidé hier.

I helped him yesterday.

A2

J'ai porté ça hier.

I wore this yesterday.

A2

Tu nous as vus hier.

You saw us yesterday.

B1

Je les ai aidés hier.

I helped them yesterday.

B1

J'ai dû y aller hier.

I had to go there yesterday.

B1

J'ai vu mes amis hier.

I saw my friends yesterday.

B1

J'étais occupé hier.

I was busy yesterday.

B2

[…] 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.

C2