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 ==Clause types==
-===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
 ===Time clauses===
 Deranked time clauses can be formed by using a preposition, most commonly ''dy'' 'when', ''ŋal'' 'before', and 'tyn' 'after'. The subject of the time clause is marked with the genitive ''ry''.