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when meaning in Esperanto

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when (as soon as, at the time that)
conjunction
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

kiamconjunction

when (at what time, as a direct question)
adverb
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

kiamadverb

when (at what time, as an indirect question)
adverb
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

kiamadverb

when (at what time; at which time)
conjunction
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

kiamconjunction

when (during the time that)
conjunction
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

kiam, dumconjunction

when (the time)
noun
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

kiamnoun

when (what time; which time)
pronoun
[UK: wen]
[US: hwen]

kiampronoun

when in Rome, do as the Romans do (behave as those around do)
phrase

alia lando, aliaj morojphrase

en Romio, agu kiel Romianophrase

inter lupoj, kriu lupephrase

kies gasto mi estas, ties feston mi festasphrase

when pigs fly (never, expressed by an idiom)
adverb

kiam la ratoj seksumos kun la musoj (when rats embrace mice), en la tago de Sankta Neniamo (on Saint Never’s day)adverb

when the cat's away the mice will play (in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances)
phrase

kiam kato promenas, la musoj festenasphrase

whence (from where; from which place or source)
adverb
[UK: wens]
[US: hwens]

de kie, el kieadverb

whence conjunction
[UK: wens]
[US: hwens]

el kieconjunction

whenever (at any time that)
conjunction
[UK: wen.ˈev.ə(r)]
[US: hwen.ˈev.r̩]

kiam ajnconjunction