How to Say ‘Yeah, I worked hard yesterday too.’ in Japanese
うん、昨日もがんばった。
un kinou mo ganbatsu ta
[Un kee-noh mo gahn-baht ta]
Phrase Breakdown
うん、昨日も
un kinou mo
Yeah, yesterday too
うん is a casual 'yeah'. 昨日も means 'yesterday too'. Pause briefly after うん, then say 'kinou mo'.
うん、昨日も行った。
Yeah, I went yesterday too.
Words in this phrase
うん
un
[Un]
yeah
Informal agreement or affirmative.
うん、分かりました。
Yeah, I got it.
昨日
kinou
[kee-noh]
yesterday
A time word meaning the day before today.
昨日は忙しかったです。
Yesterday was busy.
も
mo
[mo]
also
A particle used to indicate 'also' or 'too'.
彼も来る。
He is coming too.
がんばった。
ganbatsu ta
I worked hard.
This is the past tense of がんばる, 'to try hard'. The small っ makes a short stop before 'ta'.
みんながんばった。
Everyone worked hard.
Words in this phrase
がんばっ
ganbatsu
[gahn-baht]
did your best
Past casual form from がんばる, meaning tried hard or hung in there.
昨日はがんばったね。
You did your best yesterday.
た
ta
[ta]
past tense
A suffix used to denote the past tense of verbs.
友達が来てくれた。
A friend came for me.
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