Terwijl
Example: Ik luister naar muziek terwijl ik mijn huiswerk maak.
Definition
"While" is a conjunction used to indicate that two actions or events are happening at the same time. For example, in the sentence "Ik luister naar muziek terwijl ik mijn huiswerk maak," it shows that listening to music and doing homework occur simultaneously.
Etymology
The Dutch word "terwijl" combines "ter," an old form of "during" or "at the time of," and "weld" meaning "while" or "time." It evolved to signify the simultaneous occurrence of actions. Did you know that "terwijl" is related to similar temporal conjunctions in other Germanic languages?
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"Terwijl" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (B1) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used expressions.
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