des que

See also: desque and dès que

Galician

Alternative forms

• desque

Etymology

des (“since”) +‎ que (“that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeske̝/

Conjunction

des que

1. since

   Des que marchaches non choveu

   It didn't rain since you left

2. 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

• “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “desque” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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.