when
when
wɛn
ven
/wɛn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "when"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻ–āύ, āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇

used when we want to ask at what time something happens
when definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you tell me when the meeting begins?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āϏāĻ­āĻž āĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ?
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āĻ•āĻ–āύ, āϝāĻ–āύ

used to refer to a specific situation or time
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āϝāĻ–āύ, āϝāĻ–āύ

used to indicate that two things happen at the same time or during something else
when definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I always eat breakfast when I wake up in the morning.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ āύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϝāĻ–āύ, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇

used to imply unexpected or ironic outcomes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He laughed when others expected him to be angry.
āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϝāĻ–āύ

used to provide a reason or explanation for the main clause
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I do n't understand why we need to rush when we still have plenty of time to finish the project.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻž āϕ⧇āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ–āύ

used to represent the time when something happens as the subject or object of verb or preposition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I do n't know when he'll arrive.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ