17.2 Time Expressions III (Day)

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We use the following words to mean ‘yesterday, today, tomorrow, etc.’.

1.前日cin4 jat6the day before yesterday
2.琴日kam4 jat6yesterday
尋日cam4 jat6
3.今日gam1 jat6today
4.聽日ting1 jat6tomorrow
5.後日hau6 jat6the day after tomorrow

We put a time expression before the verb we want to modify.

我聽日踢波。
ngo5 ting1 jat6 tek3 bo1.
I will play football tomorrow.
The time expression 聽日 ting1 jat6 (‘tomorrow’) is put before the verb 踢波 tek3 bo1 (‘to play football’).