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kiam meaning in English

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kiam pronoun

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

kiam noun

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

kiam adverb

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

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

kiam conjunction

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

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

kiam, dum conjunction

as(at the same instant that)
conjunction
[UK: əz] [US: ˈæz]

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

kiam ajn conjunction

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

kiam kato promenas, la musoj festenas phrase

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

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

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

antaŭ ol, antaŭ kiam conjunction

before(in advance of the time when)
conjunction
[UK: bɪ.ˈfɔː(r)] [US: bɪ.ˈfɔːr]

de kiam adverb

since(from a specified time in the past)
adverb
[UK: sɪns] [US: ˈsɪns]

hiskiamo noun

henbane(Hyoscyamus niger)
noun
[UK: ˈhen.beɪn] [US: ˈhen.ˌben]

tuj kiam conjunction

as soon as(immediately after)
conjunction
[UK: əz suːn əz] [US: ˈæz ˈsuːn ˈæz]