Definition

1. Noun:
   • The day before yesterday: "hôm kia" specifically refers to the day immediately preceding yesterday.

Usage

• "Hôm kia" is a temporal noun used to indicate a point in time exactly two days before the current day. It is a fixed, common term in daily conversation and writing.
• It is typically used as an adverbial phrase of time in a sentence.
• Example structure: Subject + Verb/Event + hôm kia.

Usage Examples

• As a time indicator:
  • Tôi gặp anh ấy hôm kia. (I met him the day before yesterday.)
  • Hôm kia trời rất mưa. (The day before yesterday, it rained heavily.)
  • Cô ấy đã về quê hôm kia. (She returned to her hometown the day before yesterday.)

Advanced Usage

• "từ hôm kia": since the day before yesterday.
  • Tôi bị ốm từ hôm kia. (I have been sick since the day before yesterday.)
• "đến hôm kia": by/until the day before yesterday.
  • Công việc đã phải hoàn thành đến hôm kia. (The work had to be finished by the day before yesterday.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hôm qua (n): yesterday.
• Hôm nay (n): today.
• Hôm nọ (n): the other day (a non-specific recent past day).
• Hôm xưa (n): (Less common, regional) An older or less frequent synonym for "hôm kia".

Synonyms

• Ngày hôm kia: A slightly more formal or emphatic variant with the same meaning (the day before yesterday).

Related Phrases

• Hôm kia hôm kìa: An idiomatic, repetitive phrase used to vaguely refer to a recent past time, often meaning "a couple of days ago" or "recently."
  • Anh ta đến chơi hôm kia hôm kìa. (He came to visit a few days ago.)

Notes

• "Hôm kia" is a single, specific temporal concept. Do not confuse it with "hôm qua" (yesterday) or "hôm nay" (today).
• There is no direct phrasal verb equivalent, as it is a noun indicating time.

1. Day before yesterday