SCONJ: subordinating conjunction
Definition
A subordinating conjunction is a conjunction that links constructions by making one of them a constituent of the other. The subordinating conjunction typically marks the incorporated constituent which has the status of a (subordinate) clause.
We recognize these two subclasses as subordinating conjunctions:
- Complementizers, come “like”, che “that”, mentre “while”, se “if”
- Adverbial clause introducers, come “like”, quando “when”, poiché, perché “since”, or prima “before” (when introducing a clause not a nominal)
For coordinating conjunctions see CCONJ.
Corresponding language-specific part-of-speech tags
CS: Subordinative conjunction
Examples
- Credo che verrà. “I believe that he will come”
- È successo mentre ero al lavoro. “It happened while I was at work”
- Vado a casa prima che piova. “I go home before it starts raining”
SCONJ in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [da] [el] [en] [es] [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] [vi] [xcl] [yue] [zh]