Last night; i.e., the last nighttime period preceding the present daytime period.
Ad a''u ya agguy ami nolo' ti immuy ami nanīlag hi tu'a'.
Last night we didn't sleep because we caught frogs with a light.
A specific time of night within the general time designation `last night' may be specified by hi or hidin followed by either a time verb or temporal verb phrase inflected for past tense, or by a time noun.
Ad a''u hi penghan di talanu.
Last night during first rooster crow.
As part of a sentence introducer or as a comment, ad a''u is optionally preceded by either hay 1 or hi1 4b.
Hay/hi ad a''uy timmu'ālanmi.
The time we stayed awake was last night.
As part of a time margin, ad a''u is optionally preceded by hi1 4b.
Nun'adyoga nan binabāi hi ad a''u.
The women sang (a traditional song) last night.
The last nighttime period preceding the present nighttime period is ohay uggab `night before last'. Archaic: ad a''ūgab.
ad abiggat, Time Nouns with Preceding Time Determiners,