How to Say ‘Last night’ in French
Hier soir
ee-AIR swahr
[ee-AIR swahr]
💬 Usage Tip: [Hier soir] literally says "yesterday evening," but French uses it for English "last night." You can swap the time word the same way: [hier matin] = "yesterday morning."
Phrase Breakdown
Hier
[ee-AIR]
yesterday
Used with time expressions to place an event in the recent past.
Hier, nous avons échangé après la présentation.
Yesterday, we spoke after the presentation.
soir
[swahr]
evening
Used with 'hier' to mean 'last night' or 'yesterday evening.'
Hier soir, votre intervention était très intéressante.
Yesterday evening, your talk was very interesting.
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