आइ / काल्हि / परसू

Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow

Level 1Sounds Like ā'i, kāl'hi ā parasū

आइ means today; काल्हि means yesterday or tomorrow; परसू is two days away either way.

How It Works

These three words name the days around today.

Word	Meaning
आइ	today
काल्हि	yesterday or tomorrow
परसू	the day before yesterday or the day after tomorrow

Look at the verb. काल्हि हम जाएब (future) means tomorrow I will go. काल्हि बरखा भेल (past) means it rained yesterday.

आइ also has a stressed form आइए (this very day), and आइ काल्हि means these days.

For days further away, give the weekday name, such as शनिदिन.

The Hindi आज and कल are not used.

आइ हमर छुट्टी अछि।
I have a day off today.
आइ means today.
काल्हि हम पटना जाएब।
Tomorrow I will go to Patna.
A future verb makes काल्हि tomorrow.
काल्हि बरखा भेल।
It rained yesterday.
A past verb makes काल्हि yesterday.
परसू हम गाम जाएब।
I will go to the village the day after tomorrow.
परसू with a future verb looks forward.
आइ अहाँ कतय जाइत छी?
Where are you going today?
आइ opens the question.

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आइ / काल्हि / परसूLevel 1Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow

Time words first appear in simple sentences ending in अछि.

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