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вчера

Translation of вчера

yesterday

Russian word in Latin letters: vchera

Meaning of вчера

Russian

накануне сегодняшнего дня

English

on the day before today

yesterday

Pronunciation

Russian · Male
[ft͡ɕɪˈra]
Russian · Female

Traps and common mistakes

Вчера газета or вчерашняя газета?

вчерашняя газета

yesterday's + noun = вчерашний

Don't say вчера газета. Before a noun use the adjective: вчерашняя газета, вчерашний урок.

Ты читал вчерашнюю газету?

Did you read yesterday's newspaper?

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  1. I saw him yesterday.

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    Я видел его вчера.

  2. Yesterday it rained all afternoon.

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    Вчера дождь шёл всю вторую половину дня.

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накануне

The day before some event, not before today.

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вчера meaning: what does it mean?

on the day before today

вчера pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

вчера is pronounced as [ft͡ɕɪˈra]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

вчера definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

I saw him yesterday. Translation: Я видел его вчера.

Is вчера part of Adverbs of Frequency vocabulary?

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