Conjunctions

Swahili:English

ama..ama:either..or

au..au:either..or

au:or

basi:and so/well then/enough/no more/cease/oh well/right/is that all?

halafu:then

hivyo:so/therefore

huku:whilst

ila:except

ili mradi:provided

ili:so that

ingawa:although

isipokuwa:even though

isitoshe:moreover

kama:if/like/approximately

kisha:then

kwa ajili ya:on account of

kwa hiyo:therefore

kwa kuwa:because (of action)

kwa maana ya:for reason of

kwa mfano:for example

kwa sababu:because

kwamba:that

lakini:but/however/nevertheless

maadam:provided

na:and

ndio maana:that is why

pengine:maybe/sometimes

wala..wala:neither..nor

yaani:because/in other words/that is