As I was doing something...

[irmamar]

In an exercise, I wrote:

When I was... (doing something), I realized/realised that...

The correct answer is:

While / As I was doing ...

Shouldn't I use "when" in such sentences?


Thanks

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

In an exercise, I wrote:

When I was... (doing something), I realized/realised that...

The correct answer is:

While / As I was doing ...

Shouldn't I use "when" in such sentences?


Thanks

Ok en español.

Cuando estaba...(haciendo algo), me dí cuenta que...

¿Es correcto o debo decir?

Mientras estaba haciendo/al estar haciendo tal cosa...

¿No debería usar "cuando" con tales oraciones o frases?

Se despeja el asunto en tu cabeza, ¿o te enredé más?

[irmamar]

Por eso usé "when", pero while y as también pueden significar "cuando"

Creo que me has liado más

[chileno]

Originally Posted by chileno

Ok en español.

Cuando estaba...(haciendo algo), me dí cuenta que...

¿Es correcto o debo decir?

Mientras estaba haciendo/al estar haciendo tal cosa...

¿No debería usar "cuando" con tales oraciones o frases?

Se despeja el asunto en tu cabeza, ¿o te enredé más?

Originally Posted by irmamar

Por eso usé "when", pero while y as también pueden significar "cuando"

Creo que me has liado más

Por eso traduje lo que ahora puse en rojo.

Todavía te enreda?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

In an exercise, I wrote:

When I was... (doing something), I realized/realised that...

The correct answer is:

While / As I was doing ...

Shouldn't I use "when" in such sentences?


Thanks

In the sentence above,

As I was doing something ... (something happened)
Whilst I was doing something ...(something happened)
When I was doing something ...(something happened)

As I was walking down the stair
I met a man who wasn't there

Although I would not use 'when' here, I think some would, and I actually don't know if it's 'correct' I think it is: (one = one year old etc.)

When I was one I had hardly begone
When I was two I was almost new
When I was three I was barely me
When I was four I wasn't much more
When I was five I was barely alive
Now I am six I'm ever so clever
So now I'll stay six for ever and ever.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by chileno

Por eso traduje lo que ahora puse en rojo.

Todavía te enreda?

En español se puede decir "cuando". El ejercicio era una traducción del español, aunque la verdad es que era "al intentar..."

Originally Posted by Perikles

In the sentence above,

As I was doing something ... (something happened)
Whilst I was doing something ...(something happened)
When I was doing something ...(something happened)

As I was walking down the stair
I met a man who wasn't there

Although I would not use 'when' here, I think some would, and I actually don't know if it's 'correct' I think it is: (one = one year old etc.)

When I was one I had hardly begone
When I was two I was almost new
When I was three I was barely me
When I was four I wasn't much more
When I was five I was barely alive
Now I am six I'm ever so clever
So now I'll stay six for ever and ever.

Why whilst instead of while?

And you said that you wouldn't use "when" in those sentences, but you did

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

En español se puede decir "cuando". El ejercicio era una traducción del español, aunque la verdad es que era "al intentar..."

Claro que se puede decir cuando.

Al intentar... depende del contexto si pones lo que sigue va a ser mejor. Pero:

As I intended to...

As I was intending to...intención los dos.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by irmamar

In an exercise, I wrote:

When I was... (doing something), I realized/realised that...

The correct answer is:

While / As I was doing ...

Shouldn't I use "when" in such sentences?

"When" me suena bien. "While" o "as" también están bien, pero más formales.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Why whilst instead of while?

And you said that you wouldn't use "when" in those sentences, but you did

Ah - while or whilst, just preference. And I think "when" is OK as well.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Why whilst instead of while?

And you said that you wouldn't use "when" in those sentences, but you did

Tómatelo con calma, que es la misma desesperación que siente una persona que quiere hablar español, y lo hace con diferentes personas de diferentes países.