No. 37 in Polish
gdy
"When" or "as."
In a sentence
Gdy był dzieckiem, zawsze bawił się w parku.
When he was a child, he always played in the park.
Here, 'gdy' is used to introduce a subordinate clause indicating a time frame, serving a similar purpose as 'when' in English.
Co robisz, gdy pada deszcz?
What do you do when it rains?
'Gdy' is used here in an interrogative form to inquire about someone's actions during a specific condition or situation, analogous to 'when' or 'if'.
Byłem zaskoczony, gdy usłyszałem tę wiadomość.
I was surprised when I heard the news.
In this example, 'gdy' introduces a temporal clause to describe the time of the event in question, functioning like 'when' in English.
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