Definitions
- 1When, as.
PT Quando, como.·FR Quand, comme.
Seen in the folk-tales
- Muene ua ng' ambela, uixi: 'Eie, nga Nzuá, la uamesena kukazala n' eme, o ndenge é, ngana Fenda Madía, ukala mubik' ami; u mu ta uê mu kulemba.'She told me, saying: 'Thou, nga Nzuá, if thou wantest to marry with me, thy sister, ngana Fenda Maria, shall be my slave; thou shalt put her also in the wooing-presents.'II · told by “Piolho”
- Ngana jami, ngateletele o kamusoso kami, la kauaba, la kaiiba; ngazuba.Gentlemen and ladies, I have told my little tale, whether good or bad; I have finished.XXI · told by Version A: the same informant as No. II
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- 3Since; given that.
PT Visto que.·FR Vu que; étant donné que.
- 4adverbAs much as; inasmuch as.
PT Quanto; porquanto.·FR Autant que; d'autant que.