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cînd
when /kɨnd/
adverb#2114 most common
Also: when (conjunction, introducing a time clause)
Example sentences
Cînd vii acasă?
When are you coming home?
Nu știu cînd începe filmul.
I don't know when the movie starts.
Cînd eram copil, locuiam la țară.
When I was a child, I lived in the countryside.
Vino cînd poți, nu e nicio grabă.
Come when you can, there's no rush.
Cînd în sfârșit a ajuns, toți plecaseră deja.
When he finally arrived, everyone had already left.
Nu se știe cu precizie cînd s-a schimbat legea, dar efectele s-au simțit imediat.
It isn't known exactly when the law changed, but the effects were felt right away.
Word family
cîndva / cândvasometime, once
oricînd / oricândanytime, whenever
de cînd / de cândsince when, how long
pînă cînd / până cânduntil when, how much longer
niciodinioarănot related; false friend to avoid confusing with cînd-compounds
Etymology
Cînd comes from the Latin adverb quando, meaning when. Romanian kept the core sound and meaning while the initial qu- softened into a simple c- and the vowel nasalized into î. This is the same Latin root that gave other Romance languages their word for when.
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