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French calendar quiz: hier, demain, après-demain and more

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Ten questions on hier, aujourd'hui, demain, avant-hier and après-demain, the veille and the lendemain. Work out each day from a starting date.

In short

Aujourd'hui is today, hier yesterday, demain tomorrow, avant-hier the day before yesterday and après-demain the day after tomorrow. Around another date, use la veille (the day before) and le lendemain (the day after).

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A student lying awake beside packed books on the night before an exam.
The example describes la veille de l’examen. Illustration: Atelier
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FrenchEnglish
avant-hierthe day before yesterday
hieryesterday
aujourd'huitoday
demaintomorrow
après-demainthe day after tomorrow
la veillethe day before (another day)
le lendemainthe day after (another day)
dans huit joursin a week's time
dans quinze joursin a fortnight
  1. Question 1No account needed
    Today is Wednesday. What day is après-demain ?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Friday. Après-demain is two days ahead: Friday.

  2. Question 2No account needed
    Today is Monday 10 March. What is avant-hier ?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Saturday 8 March. Two days back from Monday 10: Saturday 8.

  3. Question 3No account needed
    The wedding is on Saturday. La veille is…

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Friday. La veille is the day before a given day.

  4. Question 4No account needed
    The concert is on 14 July. Le lendemain is…

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    15 July. Le lendemain is the day after: 15 July.

  5. Question 5No account needed
    "See you tomorrow!"

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    À demain !. À demain ! is the everyday goodbye.

  6. Question 6No account needed
    Today is Thursday 3 April. Dans huit jours is…

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Thursday 10 April. French counts huit jours for one week: Thursday 10 April.

  7. Question 7No account needed
    "The day before yesterday I was ill."

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Avant-hier, j'étais malade.. Avant-hier is two days ago.

  8. Question 8No account needed
    You talk about a past trip: "We arrived on Monday and left the next day."

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    … et on est partis le lendemain.. In a story set in the past, use le lendemain, not demain.

  9. Question 9No account needed
    Dans quinze jours means…

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    in two weeks. French counts a fortnight as quinze jours.

  10. Question 10No account needed
    Today is Sunday. Which is right for Saturday?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    hier. Saturday is the day before Sunday: hier.

Demain or le lendemain?

Demain is always counted from today. In a story, an email about another date or a past event, French switches to le lendemain and la veille: Nous sommes arrivés le 5 ; le lendemain, il a plu. The same goes for ce jour-là (that day) instead of aujourd'hui.

La veille de l'examen, je dors mal.

The day before the exam, I sleep badly.

Le lendemain matin, tout allait mieux.

The next morning, everything was better.

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