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when adverb

  /wɛn/ , /wɪn/ , /ʍɛn/ , /ʍɪn/
  • (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
 milloin, koska
  • (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
 kun, jolloin
  • At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
 ennen, ennen vanhaan

when conjunction

  /wɛn/ , /wɪn/ , /ʍɛn/ , /ʍɪn/
  • At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
  • During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
  • Since; given the fact that; considering that.
 kun
  • At what time; at which time.
 jolloin, kun
  • Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.
 kun, vaikka

when pronoun

  /wɛn/ , /wɪn/ , /ʍɛn/ , /ʍɪn/
  • (interrogative) What time; which time.
 milloin, mistä lähtien

when noun

  /wɛn/ , /wɪn/ , /ʍɛn/ , /ʍɪn/
  • The time at which something happens.
 milloin

when interjection

  /wɛn/ , /wɪn/ , /ʍɛn/ , /ʍɪn/
  • (often, humorous) That's enough: a command asking someone to stop adding something, especially an ingredient or portion of food or drink; used in, or as if in, literal response to 'Say when'.
 riittää, sitten
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
maassa maan tavalla
when pigs fly
kun lehmät lentävät
when the cat's away the mice will play
kun kissa on poissa, hiiret hyppivät pöydällä
when Hell freezes over
kun helvetti jäätyy
since when
mistä lähtien
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade
kun elämä antaa sitruunoita, tee niistä mehua, vaikeudet on käännettävä voitoksi, vastoinkäymiset pitää kääntää voitoksi
when all is said and done
loppujen lopuksi
caution - slippery when wet
varoitus - liukas märkänä
when push comes to shove
kun on pakko, tosipaikan tullen
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