Conectors - Portuguese

  • Connectors are also very important words of the Portuguese vocabulary. As their name suggests, they connect 2 sentences and put them together in a way that makes sense when we speak.

    • In the following table we will have the most frequent and important ones:

    Portuguese connector
    Word sound
    English translation
    A não ser que... [ah naong sehr kay] EU
    [ah naong sehr kee]     		Unless... 
    Como se... [komo seh] EU
    [komo see]     		As if... 
    E [ee] And 
    Enquanto [eng-kwantoh] While 
    Whilest 
    Já que [jah] Once 
    Given that
    Given that 
    Mas [mash]Eu 
    [mah-eess] BR     		But 
    Nem [naying] nor 
    Nem...nem [naying...naying] Neither...nor... 
    Ou [oh-oo] Or 
    Ou...ou [oh-oo...oh-oo] Either...or... 
    Para [pah-rah] In order to
    Por isso [poor-ee-soh] Therefore 
    Portanto [poor-tan-too] Therefore 
    So... 
    Que [kay] EU 
    [kee] BR     		That 
    Se [seh] EU 
    [see]     		If 
    Senão [seh-naung] EU 
    [see-naung]     		Otherwise 


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