Definition

1. Adverb:

   • Yesterday: Refers to the day immediately before today. It is used to indicate a point in time in the recent past.

2. Noun:

   • Yesterday: Can function as a noun to denote the period of time that was the day before today.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:

  • Hôm qua trời mưa. (Yesterday, it rained.)
  • Tôi đã gặp cô ấy hôm qua. (I met her yesterday.)

• Noun:

  • Hôm qua là một ngày đáng nhớ. (Yesterday was a memorable day.)
  • Chúng tôi đã thảo luận vấn đề này từ hôm qua. (We have been discussing this issue since yesterday.)

Advanced Usage

• "ngày hôm qua": This is a more formal or emphatic variant, explicitly using "ngày" (day) for clarity.
  • Sự kiện đó diễn ra vào ngày hôm qua. (That event took place yesterday.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hôm kia (n, adv): The day before yesterday.

  • Tôi về quê hôm kia. (I returned to my hometown the day before yesterday.)

• Hôm nay (n, adv): Today.

• Hôm nọ (n, adv): The other day (an unspecified recent past day).

Synonyms

• The previous day: A more formal synonym for yesterday.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Chuyện của hôm qua: Literally "yesterday's story," meaning something that is already past and should be forgotten.

  • Thôi, đừng nhắc nữa, đó là chuyện của hôm qua rồi. (Stop mentioning it; that's already yesterday's news.)

• Hôm qua tươi sáng: Literally "a bright yesterday," used nostalgically to refer to a happy past.

  • Anh ấy luôn nhớ về một hôm qua tươi sáng. (He always remembers a bright yesterday.)

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