Qu'hier (en. That yesterday)

/ki.jɛʁ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Refers to something that is more recent than yesterday.

This event is more important than yesterday.

Cet événement est plus important qu'hier.

Used to indicate a time comparison with the previous day.

It was better than yesterday.

Il a fait meilleur qu'hier.

Expresses the idea of novelty or recency.

Today's news is more interesting than yesterday.

Les nouvelles d'aujourd'hui sont plus intéressantes qu'hier.

Combination of 'que' and 'hier', meaning less ancient than the day before.

just like yesterday

implies that a situation has changed since yesterday.

qu'hier encore

it's better than yesterday

indicates an improvement compared to the previous day.

c'est mieux qu'hier

than yesterday morning

refers to something specific that happened yesterday morning.

qu'hier matin

yesterday

the previous day.

hier

today

the present day.

aujourd'hui

tomorrow

the following day.

demain

Used to quickly denote recent changes.

This trend is so yesterday, everyone is already wearing it.

Cette mode est qu'hier, tout le monde la porte déjà.

To express a current trend compared to a past situation.

What was trendy yesterday is no longer today.

Ce qui est tendance qu'hier ne l'est plus aujourd'hui.