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  • "Li venis post sia patro" means He came behind his father; if we mean "after his father came" we may use "kiam", and say "Li venis post, kiam lia patro venis".

    The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians Helen Fryer

  • The interrogative temporal adverb "kiam" (123) is also used as a relative temporal adverb, with "tiam" or an equivalent word or phrase for its antecedent.

    A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922

  • The white-ish squiggly thing on top of the sliced beef is a salty pickle called kiam chai.

    Archive 2006-04-01 2006

  • The white-ish squiggly thing on top of the sliced beef is a salty pickle called kiam chai.

    Still on Holiday 2006

  • I think my favorite thing to eat with plain tchok is a pickle called kiam chye, preferably julienned and stir-fried with thinly sliced pork.

    Archive 2005-01-01 2005

  • On the table was kiam chye (pickled veggie) and duck soup, asam fish (blackened and fried), leatherjacket fish, black ink solong (squid), fried shanghai greens, chicken wings, and prawn salads.

    ChuiCon 2006, part 6a (addendum) jlundberg 2006

  • When she finally saw the pants she was like “like kiam cai!”

    j-gan Diary Entry j-gan 2005

  • I realised that if all the kiam pa people i know were eviscerated and their intestines laid out in a straight line they would probably reach the Expo.

    j-gan Diary Entry j-gan 2005

  • _Mi estis tuj forironta, kiam vi aperis_, I was just about to go out when you appeared.

    Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation William W. Mann

  • _Li estis skribanta, kiam mi vidis lin_, he was writing when I saw him.

    Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation William W. Mann

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