medtem

In a sentence

• Medtem sem pripravil večerjo, ko so otroci delali nalogo.

  Meanwhile, I prepared dinner while the kids were doing their homework.

  Here, 'medtem' is used to indicate an action occurring simultaneously with another action.

• Pričakujemo vas ob treh, medtem pa si lahko ogledate mesto.

  We expect you at three, and meanwhile, you can take a look around the town.

  In this sentence, 'medtem' denotes a suggestion to fill the time before the main event.

• Medtem ko je deževalo, smo ostali notri in igrali igre.

  While it was raining, we stayed inside and played games.

  In this example, 'medtem' is part of the phrase 'medtem ko' which means 'while' and specifies concurrent actions.