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[eager blade]

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[paper whale]

Hey, so « que » is generally used after prepositions if what comes after is a clause. This is because new subordinate clauses tend to start with « que ».

Ex:
« Je partirai après l'arrivée de Jean. »
(I will leave after Jean's arrival.)
« Je partirai après que Jean sera arrivé. »
(I will leave after Jean arrives.)

In the case of « pendant que », the addition of the clause introduces a meaning change in that « pendant » just means 'during' but with that subordinating clause it becomes 'while' because it's something you do with that preposition

[lilac glade]

what is a clause

[paper whale]

Grammatical unit consisting a minimum of a subject and a verb