SCONJ: subordinating conjunction
SCONJ
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.
For coordinating conjunctions, see CCONJ.
Examples
- akú “if”, jála i ty sas námi, akú íšteš “come with us you as well, if you wish to” [lit. “come and you with us, if you wish”]
- agá “when/after”, agá so púsnom ad rábato še póminom prez vámi “when I finish my job, I will call at your house” [lit. “when I finish from my job, I will pass by you”]
- durgá “until”, stánah vir vadá znoj durgá da so pókačem na čúčkono “I soaked in sweat by the time I climbed at the top”
- pak “while”, ja sédom faf sélono, pak dečjána faf kasabóno “I stay in the village, while the children [stay]in town”
- če “that”, káza, če útre néma da móža da dójde na rábato “he said that tomorrow he will not be albe to come to work”
- ta “so as”, še go stórime inýj, ta da móžot vrítsi da dójdot “we shall do it that way, so that everybody may come”
- atkák “since”, íma mlógo godíny atkák só ažóniho i déti némot jéšte “it is many years since they got married and they have no children”
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