No. 1,777 in Dutch
zodra
"As soon as."
In a sentence
Zodra het regent, blijven we binnen.
As soon as it starts raining, we stay inside.
'Zodra' is used as a subordinating conjunction to indicate that the event of raining triggers the action of staying inside.
Zodra hij thuis komt, zal ik hem helpen.
As soon as he comes home, I will help him.
Here, 'zodra' establishes a temporal relationship between his arrival and the subsequent action of offering help.
De lichten gaan aan zodra je de knop indrukt.
The lights turn on as soon as you press the button.
In this sentence, 'zodra' is used to express immediacy between the act of pressing the button and the lights turning on.
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