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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (14 children)

But there is no single word in modern English for "the day after tomorrow" or "the day before yesterday".

In other languages, maybe. But not in English.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Definitely both exist in Japanese and they are used fairly frequently.

一昨日 day before yesterday 昨日 yesterday 今日 today 明日 tomorrow 明後日 day after tomorrow

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There are also technically words for 3 and 4 days from now (also 3 and 4 days ago), but I don't think they get used much.

明々後日

弥の明後日

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I never learnt them and don't remember seeing them, but that's neat :)

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