前 – Vocabulary details

前ぜん

Noun

1. last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; ex-; former

2. pre- (e.g. premodern)

before the name of an era

Suffix

3. before

after a noun

Adverb

Noun

Old-fashioned

4. before; earlier

in front of

ぜ

ん

just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of

antiquity; the previous era

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

２年ねん前ぜん中ちゅう絶ぜつしました。

I had an abortion two years ago.

彼かれは２年ねん前ぜん日に本ほんに来きました。

He came to Japan two years ago.

彼かの女じょは結けっ婚こん前ぜんスミス姓せいだった。

She was a Smith before her marriage.

私わたしの叔お父じは２年ねん前ぜんガンで死しんだ。

My uncle died of cancer two years ago.

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