des que

See also: desque and dès que

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From des (“since”) + que (“that”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdeske̝/

Conjunction

des que

  1. since
    Des que marchaches non choveu
    It didn't rain since you left
  2. as soon as
    Des que chegues a casa prepara a comida
    As soon as you get home prepare the food
    • 1257, Andrés Martínez Salazar (ed.), Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII al XVI. A Coruña: Casa de la Misericordia, page 25:
      deuen a leuar as cabras para áá grana. desque non ouuerem lecte
      they shall take the goats to the farm, as soon as they have no milk left

References
  • “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “desque” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “des que” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “desque” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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