куна•м
{adverb} {conjunction} {particle} {pronoun} 1. when (question word and conjunction)
♢ теа•трыш куна•м кае•т? {sentence} when are you going to the theater?
♢ ом па•ле, куна•м пӧртыла•м {sentence} I don't know when I'll be back again
♢ куна•м тарванена•? {sentence} when will we leave?
♢ туна•м ты•йын сулыке•т касаре•м, куна•м тый ти•дым чыла• шке ӱмбаке•т нала•т {sentence} when you own up to it all, then I will forgive you your sins
♦ куна•м тыланда• келша• {adverb} when it suits you
2. how, when (used in rhetorical questions)
♢ ти•де нерге•н икта•ж-кӧ шоналте•н, а•л'е уке•? куна•м шоне•н о•гытыл {sentence} did anybody think about this or not? how could they not think about it