hier

/jɛʁ/

adverb

the recent past; not long ago

Hier encore, c'était différent.

Until very recently, it was different.

adverb

yesterday

J'ai fini le projet hier soir.

I finished the project yesterday evening.

Synonyms:la veille

Notes

GENERAL INFO

Hier means "yesterday" and is an adverb of time. It indicates the day before today.

Hier is typically placed at the beginning or end of a sentence.

Examples:

"J'ai mangé au restaurant hier." (I ate at the restaurant yesterday.)

"Hier, il a fait beau." (Yesterday, the weather was nice.)

As an adverb, hier is invariable. It never changes its form based on gender, number, or tense. Do not add an 's' or any other ending.