This is not just an ordinary English to Nepali dictionary & Nepali to English dictionary. (16) A further amendment clarifies when public records need to be created. (15) We are happy to discuss the principles in a clarificatory manner. (13) Would someone in the Government clarify who is at fault and who is not? (14) Important clarificatory work immediately followed. (12) She was not available for comment, or to clarify the exact circumstances surrounding the case. (10) the report managed to clarify the government's position (11) Further careful epidemiological research is needed to clarify who benefits most from such treatment.

(9) And I want to quickly clarify two things I've just heard. (8) To clarify how this can work, let's briefly look at an example. (7) Further investigation would be required to more fully clarify this matter.

(6) Now the calls for the President to clarify the matter have begun to grow. (5) What I have sought to do is clarify the role of the Advisory Council. (4) I occasionally had to ask him to either repeat himself or clarify his comments. (2) Could you please clarify which of these days it is? (3) A further consultation was required to clarify the situation and restore trust. Native speakers also get confused about this and they always ask to make sure there is not a misunderstanding.(1) But the rules changed several times, and he did not clarify which set he relied on. The most important thing to learn from today is don’t be afraid to ask questions to clarify!

It’s Wednesday March 15th and I say “what are you up to next weekend?” I am mostly likely asking about the following one which would be March 25/26 but you should check by saying, “(Do) You mean this coming weekend or the one after?”.

It’s Wednesday March 15th and I say “what are you up to this weekend?” I am probably talking about March 18/19.

It’s Wednesday March 15th and I say “hey what did you do last weekend?”I am probably asking about March 11th/March 12th.

If you want to be sure you can say “ O h do you mean just this past weekend?”

It’s Monday March 13th and I say to you: A: Hey what did you do last weekend? This could mean this past weekend March 11/March 12 but it could also mean “last” weekend March 4th/ March 5th but it probably means the closest one back.

Last weekend: Keep in mind rule of thumb, where are you in the week? When are you having the conversation?.

*Bonus- if you want to make sure it’s clear that “this” is the future you can say “this coming Thursday” and that would be as opposed to “next Thursday or last Thursday.”.

If today is Friday March 24th then “this Thursday” if your sentence is in the past tense (sometimes “this” could refer to a day in the past) is Thursday March 23rd and “last Thursday”is Thursday March 16.

For example, if it’s Tuesday March 14 then the closest Thursday March 16 would be called “this Thursday” NOT “next Thursday” because “next Thursday” would be Thursday March 23rd.

Next Thursday, next Monday: Usually two Mondays ahead.

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He said yes, that’s right and he said that it’s a bit different in Brazil, his country. We were firming up our plans to meet on Thursday March 9th and his closing remark was “okay! See you next Thursday!” and I said WAIT! You mean THIS Thursday right? Thursday March 9th (3 days from now). I was emailing with him and making plans to meet online to speak. Today’s episode is inspired by one of our lovely listeners. This is a confusing point even for native speakers sometimes. Do you ever want to ask your native English speaking colleagues what they did over the weekend or what they did last weekend?ĭo you sometimes get confused whether you should say “next weekend” or “this weekend” or “last weekend”?

Just to clarify meaning