Hesternal tense

Hesternal tense

A hesternal tense is a past tense for the previous day. ("Hestern" is Latin for yesterday.)

Hesternal tense refers to an event which occurred yesterday (in an absolute tense system) or on the preceding day (in a relative tense system). Pre-hesternal tense refers to an event which occurred prior to yesterday or the previous day..


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