Lombard/Conjunctions and conjunctive locutions

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Copulative conjuctions and copulative conjuctive locutions

Copulative conjunctions

Conjunctions in English	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
e (1)	and		All dialects
dessorapù (1)	in addition		(1) MI

Copulative conjunctive locutions

Conjunctive locution in English	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
e poeu (1)	and besides, and moreover		(1) MI
e anca (1)	in addtition		(1) MI

Furthermore adverbs of addtion can play the role of copulative conjunction.

Disjunctive conjuctions and disjunctive conjuctive locutions

Disjunctive conjuction

Conjunction in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
o (1)	or
opur (1)	or		(1) VA MI

Disjunctive conjuctiuve locutions

Locuzzion de sgiontadura	Translation into English	Examples	Dialet
se de nò (1)	otherwise, else	(1) MI BG
putost che (1)	or	(1) MI

Adversative conjuction and conjuctive locutions

Adversative conjuctions

Adversative conjunctions join two words or two sentences at the same level but one against the other

Conjunction in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
anzi (1)	in fact		(1) MI
ma (1)	but	L'è una macchina veggia, ma la fonziona an’mò ben. (It's an old machine but it still works well)	(1) MI
però (1)	(a) but (b) tough	L'è una macchina veggia, però la fonziona ancamò ben. (It's an old machine but it still works well)	(1) MI BG
comunque (1)	however	L'è una macchina veggia, comunque la fonziona ancamò ben. (It's an old machine however it still works well)	(1)MI
nondemen (1) nondimen (2)	nevertheless		(1) MI (1) MI (arcaich)
inveci (1)	but		(1) MI

Locuzioni congiuntive avversative

Adversative conjunctive locutions join two words or two sentences on the same level but against each other; the second sentence, which, using the conjunctions above would be a negation, must have the verb in the infinitive.

Conjunctive locution in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
inveci de/inveci che (1)	instead of	L'ha lavorad inveci che studià (He worked instead of studying)	(1) MI
inscambi de/inscambi che (1)	instead of
al post che (1)	instead of	L'ha lavorad al post che studià (He worked instead of studying)	(1) MI
piuttosto che (1)	rather than		(1) MI

Congiunzioni e locuzioni congiuntive di tempo

Congiunzioni di tempo

Conjunction in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
finché (1)	till, as long as		(1) MI

There is also quand (when), especially in Milanese dialect it is sometimes used without being followed by "che" (see below) due to the influence of the Italian language.

Conjunctive locutions of time

Conjunctive locution in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
intanta che (1)	while		(1) MI
in quella che (1)	while		(1) MI
quand che (1)	when		(1) MI
fina tant che (1)	as long as		(1) MI
fin per fina (1)	until		(1) MI (arcaich)
dopo che (1)	aftyer		(1) MI
maneman che (1)	as		(1) MI
prima che (1)	before		(1) MI
inanz che (1)	before		(1) MI
semper che (1)	assuming		(1) MI
via via che (1)	as		(1) MI

Conjunctions and conjunctive locutions of cause

Conjunctions of cause

Conjunction in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
perchè (1)	because		(1) MI
che (1)	that	Son content che ti te seet chì. (I’m glad you are here) (english doesn’t use conjunctions in this case)	(1) MI

Conjunctive locutions of cause

Conjunctive locution in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialet
desgià che (1)	as, because, since		(1) MI
del moment che (1)	since		(1) MI
vist che (1)	given that, since		(1) MI
dato che (1)	given that, since		(1) MI

Conditional conjunctions and conjunctive locutions

Conditional conjunctions

Conjunction in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
se (1)	if
qualora (1)	in case, if

Conditional conjunctive locutions

Conjunctive locution in Lombard	Translation into English	Exampleso	Dialect
basta che (1)	as long as
con che (1)	provided that, on condition that, as long as
semai che (1)	if ever
quand che (1)	when
al cas che (1)	in case
senza che (1)	unless, wikthout

Concessive conjunctions and concessive conjunctive locutions

Concessive conjunctions

Conjunctions in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
ancaben (che) (1) ansiben (che) (2)	although, though		(1) MI (2) MI (arc.)
siben (che) (1) seben (che) (2) siben che (3)	even if, although, though		(1) MI (2) MI (3) BG
nonostant (che) (1) nonistant (che) (2)	although	Nonostant che l'aveva studiad poch l'hà passad l'esam istess Although he had studied little he passed the exam anyway	(1) MI (2) MI (arcaich)
con-tut-ché (1) con-toeut-ché (2)	although		(1) MI (2) BG
quantunque (1)	although		(1) MI <

Concessive conjunctive locutions

Conjunctive locutions in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
anca se (1)	even if
con tut che (1) con toeut che (2)	although		(1) MI (2) BG
se anca (1)	even if

Exceptive conjunctive locutions

Locuzioni congiuntive in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
condemanch che (1)	unless		(1) MI
foeura che (1)	except		(1) MI
via che (1)	except		(1) MI
che (1)	che (same meaning as except but is used in negating sentences)	No gh’hoo alter che ti (I have nothing but you)	(1) MI

Concluding conjuntion and conlucluding conjunctive locutions

Concluding conjunction

Conjunctions in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
donca (1)	so		(1) MI
alora (1)	so		(1) MI
eben (1) ben (2)	well		(1) MI
epur (1)	an yet		(1) MI

Concluding conjunctive locutions

Conjunctive locutions in Lombard	Traduzioni in Lombard	Examples	Dialect
per quest (1)	so		(1) MI

Conjunctions and conjunctive locutions of purpose

Conjunctions of purpose

Conjunctions in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
ondeché (1)	in order to		(1) MI

Conjuntive locutions of purpose

Conjunctive locutions in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
de manera che (1) (per fà) in manera che (2)	in order to		(2) MI
cont el fin che (1)	in order to

Declarative conjunctions and declarative conjunctive locutions

Declarative conjunctions are used to start a sentence that explains what the previous sentence said; they are coordinating when the two sentences are at the same level, otherwise they are subordinating.

Declarative conjunctions

Congiunzioni dichiarative subordinanti

Conjunctions in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
che (1) ca (2)	(that) (it introduce a subordinated sentences wich best descrive the predicate)	T'avevi did che seri andad a scola. I told you (that) I went to school (In this cas English may not even use conjunctions)	(1) MI (2) VA
come (1)	how		(1) MI

Coordinating declarative conjunctions

Conjunction	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
cioè (1)	that is
idest (1)	i.e.

Declarative conjunctive locutions

Subordinating declarative conjunctive locutions

Conjucntive locution in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
compagn che (1)	like

Coordinating declarative conjunctive locutions

Locuzioni congiuntive in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
o ben (1)	that is		(1) MI
de fatt (1)	in fact		(1) MI

Correlative conjuctions

Conjunction	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
né...né (1)	no… no, not … or
tant..quant (1)	as…as
sia...sia (1)	both…and
sia...che (1)	both and	sia te che me (both you and me)	(1) Lagh

Comparative conjuctions

Conjunction	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
che (1) ca (2)	than	L'è mej lavorà che vesser disocupad (It’s better to work than to be unemployed)	(1) MI (2) VA

Consecutive conjuctions

Conjunctive locutions in Lombard	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
tant che (1)	so much that
che (1)	that	A faseva inscì cald che 'l sariss stad mej se 'l diretor el n'havariss permetud de tegnì su i calzoni curt in offizzi. ( It was so hot that it would have been better if the director had consented us to wear shorts in the office)	MI

Limitating conjunctive locutions

Conjunctive locutions	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
con tant (1)	as far as

Relative conjunctions

Conjucntion	Translation into English	Examples	Dialect
indove (1)	where	Chess-chì l'è el post indove mi son nassud this is the place where I was born.	(1) MI
quand (1) / quand che (2)	when