Afrikaans/Vocabulary/Conjunctions

This page will act as a sort of guide to the individual uses of the Afrikaans conjunctions in correspondance to their English counterparts. This page does not cover 'Conjunctive Adverbs', strictly remaining to pure conjunctions.

General Definitions
For easier searching, a general list of English conjunctions with their possible translations is provided within the table below.
 * Dependent Clause → A dependent clause is a clause that cannot exist without an independent clause, otherwise it remains grammatically incorrect.
 * I love her. = No further change or addition to the sentence is required.
 * Independent Clause → An independent clause is a clause that can exist as a sole entity, no conjunction required.
 * While I love her... = An independent clause is required to finish the sentence's meaning.
 * Coordinating Conjunction → A conjunction that links together two clauses of the same grammatical value. Conjunctions with such properties generally form SVO and VSO structures. Concerning punctuation, these conjunctions are preceded by a comma. Represented here with a superscript, C.
 * Subordinate Conjunction → A conjunction that links together a dependent clause to an independent clause. Conjunctions with such properties generally form SOV structures. Concerning punctuation, these conjunctions never receive any sort of punctuation mark (with exception to al), unless it is also composed of non-conjunctional elements (such as an adverb or verb) in which a comma does precede it. Represented here with a superscript, S.
 * Correlative Conjunction → A conjunction that links together phrases of the same grammatical value. Conjunctions with such properties generally form SVO and VSO structures. Concerning punctuation, and like coordinating conjunctions, they are preceded by a comma when required to be. Represented here with a superscript, R.