Basic Conjunctions

基本連詞

About this concept

Essential connecting words: 同 tung4 (and/with), 或者 waak6 ze2 (or), 但係 daan6 hai6 (but), 因為...所以 jan1 wai6...so2 ji5 (because...therefore), 同埋 tung4 maai4 (and also).

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~25 cards at level A1.

Examples

我同你一齊去。I go together with you.

你想食飯或者食麵？Do you want rice or noodles?

我好攰，但係要做嘢。I'm very tired, but I have to work.

因為落雨，所以唔去。Because it's raining, so not going.

Concepts that build on this

Temporal ConnectorsA2 Conditional SentencesB1 Purpose and Reason ClausesB1

More A1 concepts

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