Usages of gister
Gister het ek 'n kaartjie gekoop.
Yesterday I bought a ticket.
Gister het ek groente by die winkel gekoop.
Yesterday I bought vegetables at the store.
Ek lees die boek wat jy gister gekoop het.
I am reading the book that you bought yesterday.
Ek soek die jas waarvoor jy gister betaal het.
I am looking for the coat for which you paid yesterday.
Dit is die kaartjie waarvoor ek gister betaal het.
This is the ticket that I paid for yesterday.
Miskien is die wasgoed nog vuil, want die wasmasjien was gister stukkend.
Maybe the laundry is still dirty, because the washing machine was broken yesterday.
Ek is jammer dat ek jou nie gister teruggebel het nie.
I am sorry that I did not call you back yesterday.
Gister kon ek nie goed slaap nie, omdat ek 'n verkoue gehad het.
Yesterday I could not sleep well, because I had a cold.
Die salf help, maar ek kon gister niks met daardie hand skryf nie.
The ointment helps, but yesterday I could write nothing with that hand.
Die tandarts sê my tand is nou beter, maar ek kon al gister gekom het.
The dentist says my tooth is better now, but I could have come yesterday already.
Die park is nie so vol soos gister nie, daarom lees ek rustig op die bankie.
The park is not as full as yesterday, therefore I read quietly on the bench.
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