toen

In a sentence

• Toen ik klein was, speelde ik graag buiten.

  When I was young, I enjoyed playing outside.

  The word 'toen' here is used as a temporal conjunction to indicate a specific point in the past when the main clause took place.

• Hij was blij, toen hij het goede nieuws hoorde.

  He was happy when he heard the good news.

  In this case, 'toen' is used to introduce a subordinate clause referring to the specific moment in time when the action in the clause occurred.

• Eerst werkte ik in Amsterdam, en toen ben ik naar Rotterdam verhuisd.

  First, I worked in Amsterdam, and then I moved to Rotterdam.

  Here, 'toen' functions to indicate succession in time, connecting events that happened in sequential order.