/kɑ̃/
Translation
when
Word origin
From Latin quando ('when, since'), from the interrogative stem quo-.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- quando
- English cognates
- quandary
Examples
- ?
When are you coming back from holiday?
Appelle- .
Call me when you arrive.
.
I don't know when he'll be back.
- pars ?
When are you leaving on your trip?
Préviens- .
Let me know when you've arrived at the station.
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Stories
(10)On a le temps
1 min read · Core 1000
Le bus manqué
3 min read · Core 1000
Le dernier train de la nuit
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Un matin au marché
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Clara trouve sa place
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Le mensonge
4 min read · Core 5000
Mathieu revient en ville
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Une rencontre au marché
4 min read · Core 1000
Le détective
5 min read · Core 5000
Pas devant les clients
5 min read · Core 1000
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French Future Tense: Futur Proche, Futur Simple, and the Irregular Stems
French Imparfait: One Stem, One Set of Endings, One Irregular
French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Interrogatives: qui, que, où, quand, comment, pourquoi, combien, quel
Passé Composé vs Imparfait: How to Choose Between the Two French Past Tenses
Sequencing French Past Tenses: Passé Composé, Imparfait and Plus-que-parfait Together
The French Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait): The Past Before the Past
French Question Words: qui, que, quand, où, comment, pourquoi and the Three Ways to Ask
French Relative Pronouns After a Preposition: lequel, auquel, duquel
French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
Reported Questions and Commands in French
Subjunctive or Indicative: How to Choose in French
French Time Expressions: depuis, pendant, il y a and pour
Venir de + Infinitive: the French Recent Past (to have just done something)
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