"Jag pratade med läkarna i förrgår."

Translation: I spoke to the doctors the day before yesterday.

[MarkBorkBorkBork]

For those grammar nerds out there, "I spoke with the doctors ereyesterday" is technically correct, but obsolete. Similarly with "overmorrow" for the day after tomorrow.

[Lundgren8]

I haven’t heard those since days of yore.

[Thomas407435]

Verily, art thou a traveller through time?

[RichardWal211702]

My dad still says 'ereyesterday'. So not completely obsolete. Yet.

[MarkBorkBorkBork]

That's awesome :D

[RichardWal211702]

I feel like it's my duty to not let it die out :D

[mrLeopold]

In Dutch, we say "eergisteren" and "overmorgen"!

[jhlouise]

How would you pronounce "ereyesterday"? Seems a bit tricky.

[MarkBorkBorkBork]

Ereyesterday is simply two words joined together. The word ere is pronounced like the first syllable in error, though how strongly the r is pronounced is dialectical. You'll get it erelong.

[B.Weber1]

I'm going to start using both!

[who.is.artis]

Why would English lose those words?? they're so useful. I hate having to say "the ... before/after ...", I'm so used to being able to say it in a shorter and simpler way in Latvian, my first language. "aizvakar" - day before yesterday, "parīt" - day after tomorrow. We even have "aizparīt" - the day after the day after tomorrow. Imagine saying that in English.

[Pastamancer]

I'm glad that my native language has one word for 'i förrgår' and it's "przedwczoraj". You English speaking fellas should consider resurrecting "ereyesterday" :D

[bookbeast]

I didn't try it, but with the phrase "i förrgår" would "two days ago" also work as a translation?

[Casinote]

It should. I would usually say "two days ago" rather than "the day before yesterday"; I suspect that's probably a regional preference.

[DianeLehma]

Would "I spoke to the doctors the day before" be an acceptable translation? Is it necessary to include the yesterday?

[Pocketmoose]

To me at least "the day before" would mean yesterday, not the day before that, which is meant here.

[Tricia888303]

To me (American speaker), "before" wants an object, for example: "I spoke to the doctors the day before the rash appeared."

[NordicWay]

So.. can we say something like this ''förrförrgår'' for the day before the day before yesterday? :p

[HelenCarlsson]

You can't find the word in a Swedish dictionary, but everybody would understand it of course. Proper Swedish is "för två dagar sen" or e.g. "i söndags" if it is Tuesday today.

[NordicWay]

åh i see its is like a prepreprepre- type of prefix , tack så mycket!

[_Gastons_]

I talked with doctor the day before yesterday.
Would this count as correct answer?

[MarkBorkBorkBork]

No. It needs to be "the doctors" not "doctor".

[PercyBeal]

Why is a change of word order in English not accepted? The day before yesterday I spoke to the doctors seems perfectly reasonable but is rejected.

[LenaStorli]

I would never dream of using "pratade" if I was speaking to the doctors about medical issues. Then it would be "talade". "Jag pratade" stands for "I was having a chat", as if I had them for tea or something.

[Oinophilos]

That's what I thought. I wrote "I chatted with the doctors . . . " but it was not accepted.

[LenaStorli]

It should have been, since it is the most adequate translation of "pratade".

[IzaakFairc]

"the other day" is the most common way of referring to the day before yesterday in English.

[MarkBorkBorkBork]

To me that means a recent day, not necessarily two days ago.

[IzaakFairc]

To me it's nearly always two days ago. I'd use a number to express any number of days before that.

[HelenCarlsson]

The other day = "häromdagen" in Swedish :).

[IzaakFairc]

To many English people, the other day means the same as the day before yesterday though.

[Oinophilos]

For me, the other day is not specific. I'd use it when the number of days is not important or I can't remember exactly, though I know it was before yesterday. It might be any time before yesterday but usually less than a week..