Conjunctions

Conjunctions are a closed class of words which are used to join phrases or clauses together.

Phrase-level Conjunctions

These conjunctions are used to join words or phrases. They are enclitics on the second and subsequent nouns.

• • -ta た and
  • -sija せぢ or

Clause-level Conjunctions

These conjunctions are used to join clauses or sentences. They are used as independent words.

Coordinating Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions are used to separate two matrix clauses. They are placed at the end of the first clause.

• • qu も and
  • nuki ぬき or
  • pada ぱだ and then

Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions are used to introduce a dependent clause. See the section on subordinate clauses for syntactical information.

• • surra すっら if
  • daru’i だるい because
  • gi’a ぎあ that is
  • gi’ika ぎいか in order to
  • ma ま when
  • rika りか and thus
  • haru はる while
  • fati へて enough to