Let’s imagine it’s currently Wednesday the 1st. Does “next Saturday” mean Saturday the 4th (the next Saturday to occur) or Saturday the 11th (the Saturday of next week)?

      • Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca
        3·
        9 months ago

        Only if the rest of the sentence matches the tense to make that clear.

        I went to a movie this Saturday

        This one is yesterday. But I personally would just say “I went to a movie Saturday” and drop the “this” entirely in that case.

        I’m going to a movie this Saturday

        This one refers to the upcoming Saturday.

        • bitchkat@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          If its in the past, it is “this past Saturday” or “last Saturday” (assuming its not Sunday and you are just saying yesterday).

      • bitchkat@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        No. This week is a rolling 7 days from the day you are on. “This $day” indicates the day that falls in “this week”. You can use yesterday on sunday or “this past Saturday” to indicate the saturday that fell the previous 7 days.