No. 42 in Armenian

երբ

"երբ" means "when" in English.

In a sentence

Երբ դու կգաս, մենք ընթրիք կսպասենք։
When you arrive, we will wait for dinner.
The word 'երբ' is used as a temporal conjunction to introduce a subordinate clause specifying a time.
Պատմիր ինձ այն մասին, երբ դու առաջին անգամ տեսար ծովը։
Tell me about the time when you saw the sea for the first time.
Here, 'երբ' is used as a relative conjunction referring to a time in the past.
Երբ ենք մենք գնալու արձակուրդի։
When are we going on vacation?
In this question, 'երբ' functions as an interrogative adverb asking about time.

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