Kailanlamang (en. Just when)

kai-lan-la-mang

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

adverb

A word used with 'only' to express a specific time of clarification.

I just returned from school.

Kailanlamang ako bumalik mula sa paaralan.

An adverb describing a specific time or event in the past.

Just recently, we held a celebration.

Kailanlamang, nagdaos tayo ng isang kasiyahan.

Refers to a temporal event that will not be repeated.

Just when she left, everything happened.

Kailanlamang siya umalis, at nangyari ang lahat.

just recently happened

meaning it happened recently.

kailanlamang naganap

when

A word that asks about time or hour.

kailan

only

A word that limits the meaning of a statement.

lamang

just recently

I just saw him at the mall.

Kailanlamang ko siya nakita sa mall.

just now

I just sent the message.

Kailanlamang ako nag-send ng message.

just started

We just started this project.

Kailanlamang namin sinimulan ang project na ito.