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Kardii grammar: Conjunctions

Kardii grammar: Conjunctions

And

The Kardii word for 'and' is 'kin':

'uwen kin miichi bodriit ali' (fruit and wine are on the table)

'kin' at the beginning of a sentence is used in the sense of 'too' or 'as well':

'kin say invache ilenda' (we have soup as well)

Because

The kardii word for 'because' is placed in between the reason and the result and differs depending on which comes first. 'tuhl' is placed after the result and 'uhlta' after the reason:

'an ayma tuhl iree shayche' (they are sad because she is leaving)
'an ayma uhlta iree shayche' (because they are sad, she is leaving)

If

Kardii 'if' follows a similar pattern to 'because'. The word 'min' is positioned after the condition and before the result, and 'maan' comes after the result and before the condition:

'tad jelineche min kseerros neda' (if you can hear the thunder, the storm is close)
'tad jelineche maan kseerros neda' (you can hear the thunder if the storm is close)

'i'iemin' and 'i'iemaan' mean 'even if' and are used in the same way as 'min' and 'maan':

'ki iiniache i'iemin iru i'iinchii tuii' (even if you call, he won't answer)

Kardii 'as if' uses 'min/maan', as well as the words 'rianlo ty' at the beginning of the sentence:

'rianlo ty an j'tekcha min ira ksia rruhi'iicha' (they sang as if everybody was listening)

In this case, 'min' comes after the actual fact (they sang) and 'maan' comes after the untrue one (everybody was listening):

'rianlo ty ira ksia rruhi'iicha maan an j'tekcha'

Or Else

'jin' means 'or else' or 'for fear of' and is used to indicate a negative consequence should the event in the preceding sentence not happen:

'diake tuii areit i jin thekatchii' (do not stay on the bridge or else it will collapse)
'shaycha ketked i jin teriisacha' (he took a coat so as not to get wet)

Other Conjuctions

Word	Meaning	Example	Meaning
iila	therefore	chitil alarisa vin iila iree prast	the door is open, therefore she is here
lii	however, but	sarera ist lii theriimi ist tuii	the window is new but the house is not
u	or	an tavache u veltache	they go either west or east

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Last modified: Saturday 10 of May, 2008 [10:20:25 UTC] by Jayelinda