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when

 
 
/wen/ conjunction

Translation

TIME used to say at what time something happened or will happen
ne zaman, ne vakit
I found it when I was cleaning out the cupboards. We'll go when you're ready.1240
ALTHOUGH although
rağmen; ...masına/mesine rağmen; ...dığı/diği/duğu halde
Why are you doing this when I've asked you not to?1242
(Definition of when conjunction from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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