Conjunctions are words that conjoin two or more words or phrases.
There are several varieties
of conjunctions in Hindi:
Coordinating conjunctions
“coordinate” two or more words or phrases, like the English word “and”.
Correlative conjunctions
correlate two or more words or phrases, and exist in complementary pairs, as the
English “neither … nor”, “either … or”, “if … then”, “lest … not”, etc.
Subordinating conjunctions
make one clause subordinate to another, like the English “that, in order that,
because, etc.”
The most basic conjunction in
Hindi is the conjunction और (“and”). It can be
used as simple coordinating conjunction. और can be used as an
adjective and as an adverb meaning “more”.
मैं और मेरी बहिन दिल्ली जानेवाले हैं – “My
sister and I are going to go to Delhi”
Some conjunctions are listed
below:
और – “and”
कि – “that”
as in “I told him that I am going”
लेकिन – “but”
पर – “but”
मगर – “but”
चाहे – “whether”
चाहे … चाहे / या – “whether
… or”
या – “or”
अगर … तो – “if … then”
तो – “then”
कहीं … न – “lest … not”
क्यूंकि – “because”
चूँकि – “because”
जब कि – “whereas”
एंव – “and”
इसलिए – “for
this reason, therefore, so”
इसलिए कि – “for the reason
that, because”
या फिर – “or else, or”
नहीं तो – “otherwise”
या … या – “either … or”
न … न – “neither … nor”
जैसे कि – “as, for example,”
