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Grammar---Although and but

by EoMy, September 18, 2012

Messages: 16

Language: English

acdibble (User's profile) September 19, 2012, 8:50:31 PM

http://bertilow.com/pmeg/gramatiko/kunligaj_vortetoj/index.html

"sed" links together two main clauses together.

Hyperboreus (User's profile) September 19, 2012, 8:57:21 PM

Forigite

darkweasel (User's profile) September 19, 2012, 9:03:30 PM

Hyperboreus:
Exactely: "sed" and "kaj" are conjunctions as opposed to subjunctions. For those among you who speak German, this language comes in handy here, as in German the word order in main phrases and subordinate phrases is different (at S-structure).
I’m not sure if that necessarily means something for languages other than German, as weil and denn both mean "because" and the first is a subjunction while the second is a conjunction.

However, it seems that I was wrong with my explanation.

Leke (User's profile) September 19, 2012, 9:10:26 PM

Hey folks, might you understand this?
Despite the rain, I will go out -- Malgraŭ la pluvo, mi eliros.

Hyperboreus (User's profile) September 19, 2012, 9:11:25 PM

Forigite

creedelambard (User's profile) September 19, 2012, 10:22:21 PM

Hyperboreus:
Leke:Hey folks, might you understand this?
Despite the rain, I will go out -- Malgraŭ la pluvo, mi eliros.
Seems legit.
Yeah I think that's where I was headed. Sometimes it's just easier to rewrite a sentence than it is to try to fix the original.

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