hôm kìa
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Definition
- Adverb:
- The day before the day before yesterday; three days ago: "hôm kìa" is a specific time expression used to refer to a point in time exactly three calendar days prior to the current day.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Tôi gặp cô ấy hôm kìa. (I met her the day before the day before yesterday / three days ago.)
- Hôm kìa trời mưa rất to. (Three days ago, it rained heavily.)
- Chúng tôi đã bắt đầu dự án hôm kìa. (We started the project the day before the day before yesterday.)
Advanced Usage
"Từ hôm kìa": since three days ago.
- Tôi bị ốm từ hôm kìa. (I have been sick since three days ago.)
"Đến hôm kìa": by three days ago.
- Đến hôm kìa, anh ấy vẫn chưa hoàn thành bài tập. (By three days ago, he still hadn't finished the homework.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hôm qua (adverb): yesterday.
- Hôm nay (adverb): today.
- Hôm nọ (adverb): the other day (an unspecified recent past day).
- Ngày kia (noun/adverb): the day after tomorrow.
Synonyms
- Ba hôm trước (phrase): three days ago.
- Cách đây ba ngày (phrase): three days ago.
Related Phrases
- Hôm kia (adverb): the day before yesterday.
- Note: "Hôm kia" refers to two days ago, while "hôm kìa" refers to three days ago. They are distinct terms in the Vietnamese time-reference system.
- Day before the day before yeaterday, three days ago