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    Coordinating conjunctions Conjunetions show how words or phrases are related and allow us to express, ina logical way, a complex thought. If we did not use them, we would end up with a ist of disjointed information, Le pesche ¢ le albicocche sono Peaches and apricots are beautiful belle e buone. and good. Latua casaé bella, ma @troppo Your house is beautiful, but it is grande. t00 big. A clause is made up of a group of words containing a subject and a predicate. subject + predicate La vita é bella. Life is beautiful. ‘Coordinating conjunctions join words, phrases, or clauses of the same type. ‘There are different types of coordinating conjunctions in Italian. They all, though, follow this basic pattern: word/phrase/clause + conjunction + word/phrase/clause To visito le chiese e i musei. T visit the churches and the museums. Types of conjunctions Positive coordinating conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses of equal importance. They include anche (also, 100), clo® (in fact, that is), dunque (60, there- fore), e (and), inoltre (besides), invece (instead), ma (but), percid (so, for this rea- son), pero (buf), and pure (also). Maria compra patate e spinaci. Maria buys potatoes and spinach. Tidolce @ buono, ma fo non posso The cake is good, but I cannot eat tt mangiarlo. Ho finito di studiare, percio finished siudying so Tam going vado a dormire. to sleep. To sto a casa invece tu vaia Tstay at home; you, instead, ballare. will go dancing. Mi piacciono le pesche e anche Tlike peaches and cherries too. leciliege. Io capisco quello che dici; cioe’ ti. understand what you are saying; capisca bene. in fact I understand you well. Dunque, ditemi quando arriverete piace iaggare, pero! non ndiamo lontano. So, tell me when you will arrive. We like to travel, but we do not go very far. Negative coordinating conjunctions join words or phrases of equal importance in the nega- tive: me... né (neither... noF), neanche (nat eves), memmeno (ot ever), and neppure (no). ‘Non ti ho visto e neppure ti ho parlato, ‘Non ha bevuto né vino né bitra. ‘Non vuole andare in montagna € nnemmeno al mare. did not see you, nor did I speak to you. He drank neither wine nor beer. He does not want to go to the mountains ‘or even tothe beach. ‘Some conjunctions join words or phrases in contrast with each other: © (on, altrimenti (otherwise), oppure (or), and ovvero (or). Uscirete questa sera, oppure starete Prendete le chiavi di casa, altrimenti dovrete aspettare fuori. Andrai alfuniversita © andrai a lavorare? Are you going out this evening, or will ‘you stay at home? Take the house keys: otherwise, you will have 10 wait outside. Are you going to college or will you work? Others joina phrase or an independent sentence that needs clarification: cieg (that is), difatti (in fact), infatti (i fact), ossia (that is), in effetti (in reality), and vale a dire (exactly). Me ne andro tra due giori, cee giovedl. ‘Non capisco la matematica, infati ho preso un brutto voto nella verifica Domani sari un brutto giorno, ossia un giorno pieno di riunioni. will leave within two days, which ts Thursday. Ido not understand Math; én fact, I did not ‘do wel on the test. Tomorrow is going to be a bad day; infact, itis ful of meetings. ‘Some coordinating conjunctions join phrases or independent sentences that indicate a con- clusion: dunque (therefore), percid (therefore), per questo (for this reason), pertanto (for this reason), and quindi (therefore) Ho finito di parlare, quindi me ne vado. Abbiamo mangiato tard, percid non abbiamo fame. Ho un forte mal di testa, per questo non vengo alla festa ‘Oggi ho del tempo libero, dunque taglieré Verba. | finished speaking; therefore, 1 will leave. We ate late; for this reasonitherefare, ve are not hungry. Thave a bad headache: for this reason, ay not going to the party Today I have some fee time: therefore, ‘will cut the grass Still others serve to emphasize the coordination between two words, phrases, or sentences: entrambi (both), non solo... ma anche (not only. (neither... nor). Entrambi Maria ed io andremo in lala, Sia mio marito che io possiamo portarti a scuola, Non solo é alto, ma anche robusto. ‘Non voleva nd nuotare né giocare a tennis, Conjunctions ma and e but also), sia... che (either... or), nb... ne Both Maria and Iwill go to Ttaly. ither my husband or Tcan take you to school, He is not only tall but also stocky. He neither wanted to swim nor play tennis. ‘The most commonly used coordinating conjunctions in Italian are ma (buf) and e (and). Here you will find some practical suggestions for where to place a comma when using them. * The coordinating conjunction ma must be preceded by a comma when it links two oppos- ing sentences or phrases, Hai preparato la tavola, ma ti sei You set the tabie, but you forgot the napkins.

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