todien

Latvian

Etymology

From to (“that[acc.]”) +‎ dienu (“day[acc.]”). Compare Lithuanian tądien.

Pronunciation

Adverb

todien

  1. that day (during a previous day)
    todien strādājām tīrumā ― that day we worked in the field
    viņš iedomājās, ka jāatgādina kaut kas, ko aizmirsa pateikt todien, kad pārveda zirgus uz muižu ― he thought that he should recall something that he had forgotten to say that day, when they brought the horses over to the manor
    pie skolas todien saplaukst puķu mežs: rokās... visiem pēdēja zvana svētku dalībniekiem ― that day at school a forest of flowers was blooming: in (the) hands... of all last-call holiday participants
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