see that everything's ready for when they arrive

quando arriverà? — when is he arriving?, when will he arrive?

quando vai in vacanza? — when are you going on holiday?

passerò a trovarti, ma non so quando — I'll come and see you, but I don't know when

non so quando abbia telefonato — I don't know when he phoned

da quando — since

da quando sei qui? — how long have you been here?

di quando è quel giornale? — which day's paper is that?

quando mai avrei detto una cosa del genere? — whenever did I say anything of the kind?

di quando in quando — from time to time

ci penso di quando in quando — I think about it from time to time

a quando i confetti? — when are we going to be hearing wedding bells?

ti raggiungo quando ho finito — I'll join you when I've finished

da quando sono arrivato — (ever) since I arrived

abita lì da quando era piccola — she has lived there since she was a child

piange sempre quando parto — she always cries when I leave, she cries whenever I leave

chiamami quando vuoi — call me whenever you like

quando fa così non lo sopporto — I can't stand him when he does that

quand'anche tu volessi parlargli... — even if you wanted to speak to him...

si lamenta lui quando ne avrei molto più diritto io — he's the one that's complaining, when in fact I've got much more reason to

quando te lo dico devi credermi — when I tell you something you should believe me

ci raccontava di quando era bambino — he told us about when he was a child

vorrei trovare tutto pronto per quando torno — I'd like to find everything ready for when I come back

quando si dice la sfortuna...! — talk about bad luck...!

quando arriva? — when is he arriving?

quand'è il concerto? — when is the concert?

non so quando arriverà — I don't know when she'll get here

da quando abitate qui? — how long have you been living here?

da quando in qua rispondi a tua madre? — since when do you answer your mother back?

di quand'è la lettera? — what is the date on the letter?

fino a quando ti fermi a Oxford? — how long are you staying in Oxford?

per quando sarà pronto? — when will it be ready?

quando arrivò sul posto, capì — when he got there, he understood

quando avrà finito — when she's finished

mi chiami quando l'auto sarà pronta — call me when the car is ready

quando meno me l'aspettavo è arrivato — when I least expected it he arrived

ero appena uscito quando si mise a piovere — I had just gone out when it started raining

da quando sa nuotare, adora l'acqua — he has loved water ever since he learned to swim

da quando mi ricordo — for as long as I can remember

parlaci di quando eri in Francia — tell us about when you were in France

fino a quando — till, until

quando deve prendere l'aereo è sempre molto nervoso — whenever he has to fly he gets nervous

quando penso che mia figlia ha quasi dieci anni! — to think that my daughter's almost ten!

l'ha lasciato solo quando invece avrebbe dovuto aiutarlo — she let him down when she should have helped him

quando le cose stanno così non ho niente da aggiungere — since it's like that I have nothing else to say

quando ti capita di vederlo, salutalo da parte mia — if you happen to see him, say hello to him for me

il come e il quando — how and when

(expressing duty, advisability, command) I/he should do that — ich/er sollte das tun

you shouldn't do that — Sie sollten das nicht tun

all is as it should be — alles ist so, wie es sein sollte or muss

which is as it should be — und so soll(te) es auch sein

you really should see that film — den Film sollten or müssen Sie wirklich sehen

he's coming to apologize – I should think so — er will sich entschuldigen – das möchte ich auch meinen or hoffen

... and I should know —... und ich müsste es ja wissen

how should I know? — woher soll ich das wissen?

(expressing probability) he should be there by now —

they should arrive tomorrow — sie müssten morgen ankommen

this should be enough — das müsste eigentlich reichen

why should he suspect me? — warum sollte er mich verdächtigen?

this book should help you — dieses Buch wird Ihnen bestimmt helfen

(in tentative statements) I shouldn't like to say —

I should hardly have called him an idiot — ich hätte ihn wohl kaum einen Idioten genannt

I should think there were about 40 — ich würde schätzen, dass etwa 40 dort waren

should I open the window? — soll ich das Fenster aufmachen?

I should like to know — ich wüsste gern, ich möchte gern wissen

I should like to apply for the job — ich würde mich gern um die Stelle bewerben

thanks, I should like to — danke, gern

(expressing surprise) who should I see/should it be but Anne! — und wen sehe ich/und wer wars? Anne!

why should he want to know/do that? — warum will er das wohl wissen/machen?

why should he have done it, if...? — warum hat er es dann gemacht, wenn...?

(subjunc, conditional) I/he should go if... —

we should have come if... — wir wären gekommen, wenn...

it seems unbelievable that he should have failed/be so young — es scheint unglaublich, dass er versagt hat/so jung ist

if they should send for me —

if he should come, should he come — falls er kommen sollte, sollte er kommen

should it not be true — sollte das nicht wahr sein

I shouldn't be surprised if he comes or came or were to come — ich wäre nicht or keineswegs überrascht, wenn er kommen würde or wenn er käme

I shouldn't (do that) if I were you —