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handi1
Day before yesterday, i.e., the second to last daytime, nawā'ah, or last nighttime, nahdom, period preceding the present nighttime period; or the second to last daytime or nighttime period preceding this present daytime period.
As part of a sentence introducer preceding a sentence comment or as sentence comment, handi is preceded either by hay, hidin or din.
Hidin handi ya immūya' hi inalāhan.
Day before yesterday I went to the forest.
Hay handi nuntungāwan ihāwa'.
It was day before yesterday that my wife gave birth.
As part of a sentence time margin, handi is preceded by hi or hidin.
Inlūbu'da din natoy hi handi hi nahīlip
They buried that dead one day before yesterday in the mid afternoon.
Immūya' ad Manīla hidin handi.
I went to Manila day before yesterday.
A specific time of day or night within the general time designations indicated above 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.
Hidin handi hi immalianmi.
Day before yesterday when we came.
ad abiggat, Time Nouns with Preceding Time Determiners,
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