des que
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]des (“since”) + que (“that”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]- since
- Des que marchaches non choveu
- It didn't rain since you left
- as soon as
- Des que chegues a casa prepara a comida
- As soon as you get home prepare the food
- 1257, Andrés Martínez Salazar, editor, 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
Further reading
[edit]- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “des”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “desque”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “desque” 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.