Conjunctions/Conjunciones in Spanish and English , "Connecting words".

Question

Conjunctions

Definition:

One of the parts of speech, a type of word that is used to connect words or groups of words. Traditionally, conjunctions are used to connect words within a sentence. However, modern usage in Spanish and English tolerates beginning a sentence with a conjunction.

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In traditional English grammar, the types of conjunctions are coordinating conjunctions (which connect two words, sentences or phrases of equal grammatical status), subordinating conjunctions (which subordinate a word or phrase to another) and correlative conjunctions (which come in pairs).

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Spanish grammarians often classify conjunctions differently, referring to conjunciones aditivas (additive conjunctions such as "and" or y), * conjunciones adversativas* (contrastive conjunctions such as "but" or pero and "nevertheless" or sin embargo), conjunciones causales (causal conjunctions such as "because" or porque), and conjunciones temporales (temporal conjunctions such as "then" or entonces).

-- Also Known As: conjunción in Spanish

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Boldface words in this sentence are conjunctions:

María and Pedro ate fruit or vegetables,

but they are still hungry. (María y Pedro comieron frutas o verduras,

pero siguen teniendo hambre.)

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Although que is most often used as a relative pronoun, it is also frequently used as a subordinating conjunction. Another lesson needed for que.

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Write a few short sentences in both languages using 2 connecting words ,conjunctions

:) - ian-hill, Apr 3, 2014

Answer 1

1. Primero nos vamos a España y después a Marruecos.

   First, we go to Spain and after that to Morocco.

2. Se llevan como el perro y el gato.

   They get on like a dog and cat

3. No sólo me mentió sino que también me robó.

   He didn't only lie to me but also he stole from me.

or Not only did he lie to me but he also stole from me.

Go to the top of the class Hill minor , and as you are the only person in the class you can take over the class and become Hill major. - ray76, Apr 3, 2014