iyán2 Variant yan conj English When (past time). Example sentence Tagbanwa Iyán ámula' pay banwa. English When the world was young... Example sentence Tagbanwa Iyán namuyáan yang egay lapusan it buwát ya, pindekan ya sakali'. English When he realised nothing would be accomplished by what he was doing, he stopped it at once. Example sentence Tagbanwa Subung akut tini'pekan, yan kanya nay miyampang, ka dadakula' nga banar i ga'maran ya. English It was as if Id́ been silenced when he spoke, because his voice was so very loud. Grammar iyan is used where the speaker stresses the word, elsewhere yan is used. See alsoin Idiom Iyáng situ... Note In the old days, long ago... See alsoka'nu