Temporal Clauses

6 languages

SpanishOraciones Temporales

B2Time clauses with cuando, mientras, antes de que (+ subj), después de que, hasta que (+ subj for future), en cuanto, tan pronto como. Subjunctive for future reference.

FinnishTemporaalilauseet

B1Time clauses: kun (when), ennen kuin (before), sen jälkeen kun (after), kunnes (until), samalla kun (while). Tense usage varies.

IrishClásail Aimseartha

B1Time clauses: nuair a (when), sula (before, +eclipsis), tar éis (after), fad a (while), go dtí go (until). Different particles trigger different mutations in the dependent clause.

WelshCymalau Amserol

B1Expressing time relationships: pan (when), cyn (before), ar ôl (after), tra (while), nes (until), ers (since). Many require specific verb forms or mutations in the dependent clause.

BasqueDenbora Perpausak

B1Time clauses: -(e)nean (when), baino lehen (before), ondoren (after), bitartean (while), -tzen den bakoitzean (every time that), arte (until). For sequencing events in narration.

Cantonese時間子句

B1Complex time clauses: 一…就 jat1...zau6 (as soon as), 嘅時候 ge3 si4 hau6 (when), 直到 zik6 dou3 (until), 自從 zi6 cung4 (since). These connect events in time sequences.

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