LingoflyTime: quan, així que
Time is joined by the conjunction quan — "when". If the action is still ahead, the clause takes subjuntiu, the form for what is not yet real: Quan arribes, truca. For example: “Quan arribes, truca a la porta” — When you arrive, knock at the door. A rule from the Valencian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Time is joined by the conjunction quan — "when". If the action is still ahead, the clause takes subjuntiu, the form for what is not yet real: Quan arribes, truca.
The form arribes is not the present: the future lives inside it.
Repeated and past events take the ordinary present: Quan plou, quede a casa — when it rains, I stay home.
Així que — "as soon as": the same row. The question word "quan?" keeps its accent: Quan arribes?
Table
| situation | form | example |
|---|---|---|
| action ahead | quan + subjuntiu | quan arribes, truca |
| repeat or fact | quan + indicatiu | quan plou, quede a casa |
| as soon as | així que | així que arribes, truca |
By example
- Quan et recuperes, torna a la feinaWhen you are better, come back to work
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Time: how does it work in Valencian?
Time is joined by the conjunction quan — "when". If the action is still ahead, the clause takes subjuntiu, the form for what is not yet real: Quan arribes, truca.
What does it look like in a Valencian example sentence?
“Quan arribes, truca a la porta” — When you arrive, knock at the door. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.