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(DIR) Post #ASk3RJz0MwFTeaHmeO by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-02-16T15:56:47Z
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I love the people telling me about "overmorrow" (for "the day after tomorrow") in their languages!@JyrkiKuoppala: In Finnish, tomorrow is "huominen" and the day after tomorrow is "ylihouminen" ("overmorrow")...and the day after that is "yliylihoumin"!@h5e: In Dutch, they are "morgen" and "overmorgen." (People will understand "overovermorgen," but it's not a real word).@courtcan: In German, they are "morgen" and "übermorgen." @Parami: In Spanish, they are "mañana" and "pasada mañana."
(DIR) Post #ASk3sBjh8fuTtXw55M by Viking@noagendasocial.com
2023-02-16T16:01:43Z
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@grammargirl @JyrkiKuoppala @h5e @courtcan @Parami Overmorgen.Also: Forgårshttps://en.bab.la/dictionary/danish-english/i-forg%C3%A5rs
(DIR) Post #ASk48mEPDZINiUD7g0 by ronsboy67@mas.to
2023-02-16T16:04:36Z
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@grammargirl @JyrkiKuoppala @h5e @courtcan @Parami Forgive me if I missed it in a quick scan of the thread, but I think the Hindi परसों - parason - deserves special mention for meaning both "the day before yesterday" AND "the day after tomorrow". कल "Kal" means both "yesterday" and tomorrow" too
(DIR) Post #ASk4GBFgae37LNL7tg by vlk@mastodon.social
2023-02-16T16:05:55Z
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@grammargirl In Kannada [ಕನ್ನಡ], tomorrow is 'naaLe' [ನಾಳೆ] and day after tomorrow is 'aache naaLe' [ಆಚೆ ನಾಳೆ] or "beyond tomorrow". Surprisingly, there is a change in behavior for day before yesterday -- yesterday is 'nenne' [ನೆನ್ನೆ], day before is 'monne' [ಮೊನ್ನೆ], and the day before that is 'aache monne' [ಆಚೆ ಮೊನ್ನೆ].
(DIR) Post #ASk51bp7cDI7MeWwIy by hagedose68@social.cologne
2023-02-16T16:14:32Z
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@grammargirl German also has "überübermorgen", just like Dutch.
(DIR) Post #ASk543ShpLfzf9DBT6 by io@mstdn.omer.land
2023-02-16T16:14:58Z
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@grammargirl Hebrew has an archaic dual suffix ("‑aim"), which is not really in productive use in Modern Hebrew, but survives in several frozen forms. One of those is "maxr-at-aim" tomorrow-FEM-DUAL – literally, "double tomorrow" - which means the day after tomorrow.
(DIR) Post #ASk5KkGmRA7F3sam4e by jurejapelj@mastodon.social
2023-02-16T16:17:59Z
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@grammargirl In Slovenian: "jutri" and "pojutrišnjem"
(DIR) Post #ASk5bEhN4Sdm4ItRPU by StephZihms@sotl.social
2023-02-16T16:20:57Z
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@grammargirl @JyrkiKuoppala @h5e @courtcan @Parami What about the day before yesterday? In German: vorgestern (pre-yesterday) - gestern (yesterday)
(DIR) Post #ASk6AlcwdR5GKWlVrc by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-02-16T16:27:23Z
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@jurejapelj Do the "po" or "šnjem" in "pojutrišnjem" translate to something like "before" or "over"?
(DIR) Post #ASk7BLEIMknKhf4c7c by JyrkiKuoppala@social.vivaldi.net
2023-02-16T16:38:19Z
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@StephZihms @grammargirl @h5e @courtcan @Parami In Finnish, the day before yesterday is toissapäivä - "päivä" is "day", but I can't be seur of what exactly is "toissa". Possibly a formation of "toinen", "second". Different pattern than tomorrow (huominen) and ylihuominen, as yesterday is "eilinen".
(DIR) Post #ASk7ZHfDH85qat546q by eco_amandine@mastodon.world
2023-02-16T16:43:02Z
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@grammargirl in French tomorrow is "demain" and the day after tomorrow is "après demain". @JyrkiKuoppala @h5e @courtcan @Parami
(DIR) Post #ASk7hSVUqOZUXZQxqy by eco_amandine@mastodon.world
2023-02-16T16:44:29Z
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@grammargirl in French tomorrow is "demain" and the day after tomorrow is "après-demain". Also yesterday is "hier" and the day before yesterday is "avant-hier". @JyrkiKuoppala @h5e @courtcan @Parami
(DIR) Post #ASkCqrwq7k2VozWvJo by mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-02-16T17:42:14Z
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@grammargirl @JyrkiKuoppala @h5e @courtcan @Parami As a life-long procrastinator interested in traveling (some day), I thank you for this. 😆
(DIR) Post #ASkDcf2dPgEnh01tDc by dmwoodruff@econtwitter.net
2023-02-16T17:50:51Z
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@grammargirl @JyrkiKuoppala @h5e @courtcan @Parami Russian has завтра and послезавтра— after-tomorrow — but nothing analogous on the yesterday side.
(DIR) Post #ASkLZ95uXDcvNIOeVU by ju_and_the_cats@mas.to
2023-02-16T19:19:51Z
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@grammargirl @JyrkiKuoppala @h5e @courtcan @Parami Italian for "tomorrow" is "domani" and the day after tomorrow is "dopodomani", means exactly "after tomorrow".But...if you look at dialects you can find "pasa doman" in North East of Italy, which is very similar to Spanish.
(DIR) Post #ASkRKWMgKhLMvbePJI by nesevis@hachyderm.io
2023-02-16T20:24:28Z
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@grammargirl in Norwegian it’s “i overmorgen”. Going back in time, “forigårs”.
(DIR) Post #ASl5izW7aqlqSVHzNI by wu_ming@zirk.us
2023-02-17T03:56:57Z
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@grammargirl In Mandarin, tomorrow (míngtiān 明天) and yesterday (zuótiān 昨天) are unique words, but then you get a similar sort of construction as your overmorrow examples with the words for the two days before yesterday and after tomorrow:The day after tomorrow: hòutiān 後天, literally "behind day"Two days after tomorrow: dà hòutiān 大後天, lit. "big behind day"The day before yesterday: qiántiān 前天, lit. "front day"Two days before yesterday: dà qiántiān 大前天, lit. "big front day"
(DIR) Post #ASl5jO6oA6NQjEdctE by wu_ming@zirk.us
2023-02-17T03:57:13Z
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@grammargirl A teacher once explained to me how one moves through time in Mandarin as walking backwards while facing the past.