Kardii Conjunctions
And
The Kardii word for ‘and’ is ‘kin’:
ilatiirdobiciimniknewu
uwen kin miichi bodriit ali -
(fruit and wine are on the table)
‘kin’ at the beginning of a sentence is used in the sense of ‘too’ or ‘as well’:
adneliecavniAsnik
kin say invache ilenda -
(we have soup as well)
Because
The kardii word for ‘because’ is placed in between the reason and the result and differs depending on which comes first. ‘tuhl’ is placed after the result and ‘uhlta’ after the reason:
ecASErilUtamAna
an ayma tuhl iree shayche -
(they are sad because she is leaving)
ecASEriatlUamAna
an ayma uhlta iree shayche -
(because they are sad, she is leaving)
If
Kardii ‘if’ follows a similar pattern to ‘because’. The word ‘min’ is positioned after the condition and before the result, and ‘maan’ comes after the result and before the condition:
adensoREsknimecenilejdat
tad jelineche min kseerros neda -
(if you can hear the thunder, the storm is close)
adensoREsknaamecenilejdat
tad jelineche maan kseerros neda -
(you can hear the thunder if the storm is close)
‘i’iemin’ and ‘i’iemaan’ mean ‘even if’ and are used in the same way as ‘min’ and ‘maan’:
iiutiicnii'iurinimei'iecainiiik
ki iiniache i'iemin iru i'iinchii tuii -
(even if you call, he won't answer)
Kardii ‘as if’ uses ‘min/maan’, as well as the words ‘rianlo ty’ at the beginning of the sentence:
acii'iURaiskarinimacket'jnaytolnair
rianlo ty an j'tekcha min ira ksia rruhi'iicha -
(they sang as if everybody was listening)
In this case, ‘min’ comes after the actual fact (they sang) and ‘maan’ comes after the untrue one (everybody was listening):
acket'jnanaamacii'iURaiskariytolnair
rianlo ty ira ksia rruhi'iicha maan an j'tekcha -
(they sang as if everybody was listening)
Or Else
‘jin’ means ‘or else’ or ‘for fear of’ and is used to indicate a negative consequence should the event in the preceding sentence not happen:
iictakeTnijitieraiiutekaid
diake tuii areit i jin thekatchii -
(do not stay on the bridge or else it will collapse)
acasiiretnijidektekacYS
shaycha ketked i jin teriisacha -
(he took a coat so as not to get wet)
Or
Or is ‘u’:
eccesuecavatna
an tavache u sechche -
(they go west or north)
But
‘But’ is ‘lii’:
iiuttsiimiireTiiltsiareras
sarera ist lii theriimi ist tuii -
(the window is new but the house is not)
Therefore
‘Therefore’ or ‘so is ‘iila’:
tsarpErialiinivasiralalitic
chitil alarisa vin iila iree prast -
(the door is open, so she is here)
