Use of "пока"
привет,
I've heard of the word "пока" used to say "bye bye", however I'm seeing it used differently in this sentence: "вы можете слушать пока вы гуляете". What would it mean in this sentence? If it's meaning "while" or "during" how does that correlate to meaning "bye"?
спасибо

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Use of "пока"
привет,
I've heard of the word "пока" used to say "bye bye", however I'm seeing it used differently in this sentence: "вы можете слушать пока вы гуляете".  What would it mean in this sentence?  If it's meaning "while" or "during" how does that correlate to meaning "bye"?
спасибо

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Привет. The different uses of "пока":

1) пока (Interjection) - "bye", "I’ll see you later";
2) пока (Adverb) - "meanwhile", "in the meantime";
3) пока (Conjunction) - "while", "so long as".

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Пока means until... when you say bye bye it means until... short for until we meet...

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Hello. We use "пока" in "bye" meaning because it like shortcut of "пока не увидимся" - "until we see you".  But how to translate it in common case it is difficult, i think it may be "until" and ''till' and "while" and "during".

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"Пока не ... " means "until"  - this is the origin and it means "parting not forever but until we meet again".
 "Мы расстаёмся не навсегда - только до того времени, пока не встретимся".
Also "Мы ещё встретимся, а пока жму вашу руку" - "we will meet again but until that/in the meanwhile, let me shake your hand".
So logically "пока" can mean both "while X" and "while !X = until X" depending on the context ;)

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