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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4845 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 9 of 11 13 June 2014 at 12:57pm | IP Logged |
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This is a so-called "adverbial genitive", which is used for indicating time. It is mainly found in fixed expressions like "eines Tages" or "eines Abends":
Eines Tages kam mich mein Bruder besuchen. = One day, my brother came to visit me. Eines Abends ging die Tür auf und mein Freund kam herein. = One evening, the door opened and my friend entered. Eines Nachts schlichen drei Gestalten ums Haus. = One night, three figures sneaked around the house. Edited by Josquin on 13 June 2014 at 1:31pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4083 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 10 of 11 13 June 2014 at 1:34pm | IP Logged |
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Can we also use adverbial genitiv like: Spater jeneres Tages = Later that day or Früher jeneres Tages = Earlier that day 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4845 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 11 of 11 13 June 2014 at 2:49pm | IP Logged |
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No, as I said, "eines Tages" is a fixed expression that cannot be used with "dieser" or "jener". In order to say "earlier/later that day", use "früher/später an diesem Tag".
Furthermore, "jener" is a rather archaic pronoun and only used in writing. It's not commonly used in modern German. However, the masculine genitive is "jenes", not "jeneres". 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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