A guide to learning Dari/Farsi grammar and composition.





Conjunctions


Conjunctions connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences. These "joining words" are of three main kinds presented below along with a few examples:

Coordinating Conjunctions: Generally, they connect two independent clauses to form a sentence.

For

Baray-e

برای

And

Wa

و

But, However

Ammaa

اما

With

Baa

با

Yet

Hanoz

هنوز

Therefor, So

Pass

پس


Subordinating Conjunctions: Make one clause less important than another. Some are also prepositions.
                

While

dar Haale ke

در حالی که

Although

Ba wojoode ke

با وجودیکه

Bofore Qabl az

قبل از

After

Bad az

بعد از

Even if

Hattaa agar

حتی اگر

Until

Taa waqte ke

تا وقتی که


Corelative Conjunctions: Are used to join equal sentence elements together.

Either This or that

Yaa een, yaa aan

یا این یا آن

Neither

Hech-yak

هیچیک

Not Only

Na-tanhaa

نه تنها

Both

Hardo

هردو

Or

yaa

یا