why two yesterdays?

Can anybody tell me why yesterday is used twice in this one sentence?

Ex: вчера вечером я писал письмо.

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Originally Posted by flip

Can anybody tell me why yesterday is used twice in this one sentence?

Ex: вчера вечером я писал письмо.

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Yesterday evening I wrote a letter

Where did you see yesterday two times?

вчера - yesterday
вечером - in the evening

I'm sorry I was looking mostly at the ending and saw a and om, and got kind of confused. Should have looked at it closer. But thank you.

The two word in this sentence is:

Вечер - Evening
Вчера - Yesterday

It can be easy to confuse the two, but you'll get the hang of it!

The best way to tell the difference between these two words its the stress.

Вечер
and
Вчера

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Originally Posted by Dogboy182

The best way to tell the difference between these two words its the stress.
Вечер
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Вчера

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The best way to tell the difference is that the word вчера never changes its form. :) So if you see some extra letters (or some letters are missing) it's most likely another word. ;)

Well that too I guess but I meant if he heard it somewhere and wasn't able to look it up.

If it is вечера then its evening but вчера yesterday. They could be easy to confuse for a beginner or to a non-native ear.

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Originally Posted by Dogboy182

If it is вечера then its evening but вчера yesterday. They could be easy to confuse for a beginner or to a non-native ear.

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It's true. It's easy to confuse вчера and вечера, if you're a beginner.

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

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Originally Posted by Dogboy182

If it is вечера then its evening but вчера yesterday. They could be easy to confuse for a beginner or to a non-native ear.

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It's true. It's easy to confuse вчера and вечера, if you're a beginner.

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And that's why I wrote 2 posts about it, yes.

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

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Originally Posted by Dogboy182

If it is вечера then its evening but вчера yesterday. They could be easy to confuse for a beginner or to a non-native ear.

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It's true. It's easy to confuse вчера and вечера, if you're a beginner.

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I actually never confused the two. Also, it's quite easy to work out which is which from the context.

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Originally Posted by TATY

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

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Originally Posted by Dogboy182

If it is вечера then its evening but вчера yesterday. They could be easy to confuse for a beginner or to a non-native ear.

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It's true. It's easy to confuse вчера and вечера, if you're a beginner.

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I actually never confused the two. Also, it's quite easy to work out which is which from the context.

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:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by TATY

I actually never confused the two. Also, it's quite easy to work out which is which from the context.

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Easy is in the brain of the beholder... :D

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Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

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Originally Posted by TATY

I actually never confused the two. Also, it's quite easy to work out which is which from the context.

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Easy is in the brain of the beholder... :D

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Difficult in the brain of the R-tard.

А мне вопрос понравился.
Оба слова-то похоже связаны по происхождению.

Еще добавим:
Веч́́ор — нареч. (диалект. устар.), вчера вечером

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Originally Posted by Wowik

А мне вопрос понравился.
Оба слова-то похоже связаны по происхождению.

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Ну, если лезть в этимологию - то да. "Вчера" изначально было творительным падежом от слова "вечер". :)

I never confused the two either. I was just trying to shed some light. I can't do that?