Everyone is familiar with the word KADA as an interrogative, but in meaning “When” in the texts you can often notice the use of another word - KAI. Is there a difference?
In fact, everything is quite simple and not scary at all.
| WHEN | KAI |
| Anyway |
ONLY in a complex sentence as a conjunction For example, When I left, she called me. Kai i left, she called me. |
That is, if our sentence consists of several parts and the word “When” is a union, can be used as WHEN, so and KAI. In other cases you need to choose WHEN.
DO NOT CONFUSE CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNION WORD!
How to distinguish a conjunction from a union word?
A conjunction can be removed from a sentence without distorting the meaning of the sentence. Logical stress also falls on the conjunctive word.
An example:
- When I left, she called me. (Logical stress does not fall) → I left, she called. (The meaning has not been distorted)
- She asked, When I'll come. (Logical stress falls) → She asked, I'll come. (The meaning has been distorted)
