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12.2.1.7
Terwijl often helps one out of certain difficult English verbal ‘-ing’
constructions (see 11.16.6):
Terwijl ik in de stad rondliep, kwam ik hem tegen.
Walking around in town I bumped into him.
12.2.1.8
Als as a subordinating conjunction has a variety of meanings:
(a) ‘when, whenever’ (see 12.2.1.6)
(b) ‘if’, in which case it can be omitted (see 12.2.1.5 and 12.2.1.6)
(c) ‘as/so long as’, in which case it replaces zolang:
Het kan me niet schelen hoe, als je het maar doet.
I don’t care how, as/so long as you do it.
(d) ‘as’, in which case it can be confused with zoals (see point (h)), but
this is not a common usage of als:
Het ziet eruit als volgt: . . .
It appears to be as follows: . . .
Compare the following use of zoals which stands at the beginning of
the sentence:
Zoals al gezegd, . . .
As already mentioned, . . .
(e) ‘than’, used after comparatives (often followed by simple nouns and
pronouns rather than clauses). In this sense it is not approved of by
everyone and is thus better replaced by dan (see 9.2.6):
Hij is langer als (dan) ik.
He is taller than I.
Hij deed het beter als (dan) ik het had kunnen doen.
He did it better than I could have done it.
(f) Als can also be used as an adverbial conjunction replacing the
subordinating conjunction alsof (see 12.3):
Ze renden als vreesden ze voor hun leven.
They were running as if they were afraid for their lives.
Hij zag eruit als had hij dagenlang niet geslapen.
He looked as if he hadn’t slept for days.
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