When I have time (kiedy as a conjunction)

Kiedy joining two sentences

You know kiedy as the question when?. It also joins two sentences as when — no question mark, and a comma between the two halves:

When I have time, I read.
Kiedy mam czas, czytam.
When I am tired, I rest.
Kiedy jestem zmęczony, odpoczywam.

The kiedy half can come second as well:

I always call when I come back home.
Zawsze dzwonię, kiedy wracam do domu.

In the past and the future

The same pattern works with any tense — both halves simply take the tense of the story:

When I was small, I lived in Warsaw.
Kiedy byłam mała, mieszkałam w Warszawie.
When I am at home, I will be reading.
Kiedy będę w domu, będę czytać.

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