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Answer by Joe Staines for What is the function of と in verb-ていると form
It is indeed the conditional と but takes more of the form of 'when' rather than 'if', in a similar way to how とき is used. You'll see it used in this way quite a lot. This also means that anything...
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I read this sentence in a book for beginners, but I can't find the grammar in any of my books or online:おばあさんが川で洗濯をしていると、川上のほうから、大きな桃が「どんぶらこ、どんぶらこ」と流れてきました。Which I translate as While the old woman was...
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