Mixed Exercises

Conjunctions are little indeclinable words that link words or clauses. They are short, indeclinable words that connect two or more words or phrases and they are divided into two categories.

1. The coordinating conjunctions (και, κι, ούτε, ή, αλλά, όμως) connect words and sentences that are on par.

2. The subordinating conjunctions (όταν, γιατί, αν) connect a dependent clause to an independent clause. They introduce a dependent clause, which might express time, cause, purpose, condition, and so on.

1. Coordinating Copulative

και, κι = and
ούτε, μήτε, ουδέ, μηδέ = neither... nor

2. Coordinating Alternate

ή = or
είτε…είτε = either… or

3. Coordinating Contrast

αλλά, μα = but
όμως, ωστόσο = however
παρά = rather than
ενώ = while
αν και, μολονότι = although
μόνο αν = only if

4. Subordinating Time

ενώ = while
όταν, όποτε = when
πριν (να), πρωτού = before
καθώς, μόλις, σαν = just as
αφού, αφότου = after
ώσπου, ωσότου = until

5. Subordinating Cause/Reason

γιατί = why, because
επειδή, αφού = because

6. Subordinating Condition

αν, άμα = if/whether

7. Subordinating Purpose

να = to
για να = in order to

Others

που, πως, ότι = that

Attention! Do not confuse the following:
που, πως, ότι mean “that”, with:

πού = where
πώς = how
ό,τι = whatever, what, any

Examples:

Είπε πως θά 'ρθει.
Πώς είσαι;

Έμαθα που (ότι) ήσουν άρρωστος.
Δεν ξέρω πού είναι.

Είπε ότι είναι άρρωστος
Αυτός κάνει του κεφαλιού του, ό,τι κι αν του πεις.