3/19/24, 12:22 AM Coordinating Conjunctions

Coordinating Conjunctions
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pero but

o or

y and

entonces so, thus

ni … ni neither … nor

pues then

Coordinating conjunctions link words, phrases or independent sentences.

These conjunctions combine forms of the same grammatical category (adjective + adjective,
noun + noun, clause + clause, etc.) so they can be used to link adjectives, nouns or verbs
within a sentence.

Ha sido un cambio muy radical, pero un cambio que siempre voy a agradecer.
It has been a radical change but a change that I always am going to be grateful for.
In addition, o, y, ni, pero, entonces, and pues are also used to combine two clauses into
one:

Tengo una compañera de trabajo, ella es maestra y me duele decirlo, pero es una persona
que a veces en lugar de corregirte se hace burla.
I have a collegue, she is a teacher and it hurts me to say it but she is a person that
sometimes instead of correcting you she makes fun.
O, pues, entonces, y pero can link two separate sentences. They are usually placed at the
very beginning of the second sentence.

Lo tuve que hacer aquí. Pero, algo que mi madre me decía “hija, todo trabajo es honroso,
todo trabajo es honroso”.
I had to do it here. But something that my mom told me “my daughter, all work is honorable,
all work is honorable”.

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