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(''na'' does not contract.)
(''na'' does not contract.)
===Conjunctions===
*''as'' = and
**Informally or poetically, '' 's''
*''halin'' = emphatic word for "and"; both X and Y
**It can be used like ''X halin Y'' or ''halin X halin Y''.
*''Twm havl... llysáin niaŋt...'' = not only... but also...
*''dw'' = or
*''lu'' = xor
*''ah'' = but
*''llysáin'' = but (rather)
*''havl'' = only
*''ziráð'' = only (higher-register)
*''niaŋt'' = also (usually postposed)
*''ry'' = that (relativizer)
*''i'' = if
*''oos i'' = even if
**''oos'' (archaic) = even if
*''oos ah'' = even though
*''coþ'' = then
*''ŋyþ'' = therefore, thus
*''seþ'' = when
*''soog'' = while
*''ceeda'' = therefore
**''afle'' = therefore (literary)
*''cwin'' = because
**''eer'' = because (literary)
*''gor'' = if (counterfactual)
*''emb'' = that (complementizer)
*''nai taw'' = so that
**''lly jeed emb'' = in order that
*''sohnúvi'' = X and Y, respectively (like German ''bzw.'')
*''swav'' = nevertheless


==General==
==General==