เมื่อวานนี้

Explanation

เมื่อวานนี้ means “yesterday,” referring to the day immediately before today. It can appear at either the beginning or the end of a sentence and is natural in both conversation and writing. It consists of เมื่อวาน “yesterday” and นี้ “this,” but learners can treat the whole expression as a single time phrase. Thai verbs do not change form to mark the past, so เมื่อวานนี้ often provides the time information needed to show that an event happened in the past.

Usage

It is widely used when asking about or reporting yesterday’s activities, weather, news, work, school, and other events from the previous day.

Caution

Use เมื่อคืน for “last night” and เมื่อวานซืน for “the day before yesterday.” เมื่อวานนี้ specifically refers to the day before today, not just any day in the past.

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• เมื่อวาน

  เมื่อวาน is also a common word for “yesterday.” It is usually interchangeable with เมื่อวานนี้, while เมื่อวานนี้ can make the reference to that particular day slightly more explicit.