CCONJ: coordinating conjunction
Description
A coordinating conjunction is a word that links words or larger constituents without syntactically subordinating one to the other and expresses a semantic relationship between them.
For subordinating conjunctions, see SCONJ.
Examples
- agus “and” : brioscaí agus milseáin “biscuits and sweets”
- nó “or” : le bliain nó dhó anuas “for one or two years”
- ach “but” : tháinig siad go luath ach níor fhan siad “they came early but they didn’t stay”
- ná “than”: is fearr liom úlla ná oráistí “I prefer apples to oranges”
CCONJ in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [da] [el] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [fro] [fr] [ga] [grc] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kpv] [ky] [myv] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [uk] [u] [urj] [xcl] [yue] [zh]