"As for le jour suivant (on the following day) and le jour précédent (on the previous day), they are used in a past context just like le lendemain and la veille, but always on their own."
And then you give the examples: "Il a été relâché le jour suivant son
arrestation."; "Le jour précédant leur premier
rendez-vous, ils étaient très nerveux.".
So, do they have to be used on their own, or not?
Bonjour Guilherme,
As Chris explained very well:
le jour suivant + noun (the day following + noun)
le jour précédant + noun (the day preceding + noun
vs
le jour suivant (the following day) / le jour précédent (the previous day) = on their own
@Chris, thank you for your feedback. I will pass on it to the French team.
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
I also struggle with this particular lesson and think that it would benefit a lot if there were a table summarizing in which context to use what phrase and how.
I find that if I don't think too much, I usually get it right.
la veille / le lendemain [optionally: + de + noun]
le jour précedant / le jour suivant [optionally: + noun]
le jour d'avant / le jour d'après
And then you can add stuff to this to make it more precise:
la veille au soir -- the evening of the previous day
la veille au matin -- the morning of the previous day
That's it, basically.
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