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Contents 1 The conjunctions – Na cónaisc 1.1 inclusive 1.2 exclusive 1.3 restrictive 1.4 complementary 1.5 causal 1.6 temporal 1.7 modal 1.8 local 1.9 comparative

The conjunctions – Na cónaisc

Conjunctions are words that connect two clauses, and Irish are full of many different ways of forming conjunctions. There are many different ones among whom are the following;

inclusive

• and agus
• neither... nor ní... ná

exclusive

• or nó
• either... or ... sin nó...
• or else nó

restrictive

• but ach
• only ní... ach...
• except ach amháin

complementary

• that / that not go / nach

causal

• because mar, faoi go, lá go etc.

temporal

• until nó go
• since ó
• as soon as ach a
• before sula
• during fad a
• as long as fad agus a
• after tar éis
• when nuair a

modal

• as mar
• like mar a

local

• where cá

comparative

• as X as Y as X le Y
• the X the Y mas X mas Y

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