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• 1  adv. (interrogative) noiz

  when did you arrive?: noiz iritsi zinen?

  since when do you like horror films?: noiztik dituzu gustuko beldurrezko filmak?

  till when are you staying?: noiz arte zara geratzekoa?

• 2  adv. (relative) -(e)n

  he told me when it had happened: noiz gertatu zen esan zidan

  the year when my mother was born: nire ama jaio zen urtea

• 3  conj. [at the time that] -ean, -t(z)ean

  when I finished: bukatu nuenean

  we'll go out when it stops raining: atertzen duenean irtengo gara

  be careful when crossing the road: kontu egin bidea zeharkatzean

  when a student in London, I lived in a flat: Londresen ikasle nintzela, pisu batean bizi nintzen

• 4  conj. [if] ba-

  I wouldn't walk when I could get the bus: ez nintzateke oinez joango, autobusa hartzerik banu

• 5  conj. [whereas] ordea, aldiz

  she gave me lots of food when all I wanted was an apple: janari pila eman zidan; nik, ordea, sagar bat baino ez nuen nahi