CONJUNCTIA IN ENGLEZA

Conjunctiile leaga cuvinte de acelasi tip gramatical.

Verbe cu verbe, substantive cu substantive.
Cele mai simple conjunctii, se folosesc la fel ca in romana si sunt

si – AND
sau – OR
dar – BUT
deci (asa ca) – SO

Anne and Jane go to a movie - Anne si Jane merg la film

Water and oil don't mix - Apa si uleiul nu se amesteca

Do you want ham or cheese? - Vrei sunca sau branza?

Are you coming or going? - Vii sau pleci?

I can't skate but I can ski - Nu pot sa patinez dar pot sa schiez.
I am tall but you are taller - Eu sunt imalt dar tu esti mai inalt

It was late so I left

I was hungry so I ate

ALTHOUGH/THOUGH
– desi.
- in alte contexte are intelesul de totusi sau desi:

Although it is late I am still at work - Desi este tarziu sunt inca la birou.
I can not come, I would like to though. - Nu pot sa vin, mi-ar placea totusi (sa vin).
I can not come though I would like to - Nu pot sa vin desi mi-ar placea

AS
- ca
– pe cand
– asa cum

as ...as
– She is as cute as a button sau she is cute as a button. - Ea este draguta ca un nasturas.
- Clean as a pack of new pins - curat ca un pachet de ace noi.
- Happy as a skylark - fericita ca o ciocarlie
etc
Do as I do – Fa ca mine.
As I read on the lesson became easier – Pe cand citeam lectia a devenit mai usoara.
He cannot come as you well know – Nu poate veni asa cum bine sti.

BECAUSE
- pentru ca

Take your coat because it's cold outside – Ia-ti haina pentru ca este frig afara
IF
– daca, daca...atunci 

If you are happy, clap you're hands. Daca esti vesel, bate din palme
sau
Atunci bate din palme – Then clap your hands.

SINCE si SINCE WHEN
– de cand
SINCE nu se foloseste la interogativ
La interogativ se foloseste SINCE WHEN.

The boy is sad since his parrot flew away. - Baiatul este trist de cand i-a zburat papagalul.
Since when do you swim? Since I was six.- De cand inoti? De cand aveam sase ani.

SINCE
– are si intelesul de cum
- din 

Since you know everything, I won't tell you – Cum tu le stii pe toate nu iti spun.
She has been skiing since childhood – Ea a schiat din copilarie.

THAN
- decat, ca 

I am taller than you.- Eu sunt mai inalt ca tine.

Better later than never - Mai bine mai tarziu decat niciodata

UNLESS
- decat daca

Don't answer the door unless it rings three times. - Sa nu raaspunzi la usa decat daca suna de
trei ori.

WHERE
- unde, acolo unde

Where are my eyeglasses? - Unde imi sant ochelarii?

Where you left them. - Acolo unde i-ai lasat.
He stays in hotels where rooms are cheap. - Sta in hoteluri unde (in care) camerele sunt iefine.
He stays where rooms are cheap. - El sta acolo unde camerele sunt ieftine.

WHERE...FROM?
- de unde

Where are you from? - De unde esti?

I am from Bucharest – Sunt din Bucuresti
WHEN - cand, atunci cand

When you buy food, always check the expiration date. - Cand cumperi mancare totdeauna
verifica data expirarii.
When did she leave? - (She left) when the phone rang.
Cand a plecat? - (A plecat) atunci cand a sunat telefonul.

WHILE
- in timp ce

Tot while poate fi si substantiv cu intelesul de putin timp, un pic.

Whistle while you work – Fluiera in timp ce muncesti.

Stay with us for a while - Stai cu noi un pic.

BOTH ... AND

- atat...cat si

Both his dog and his cat sleep on his bed – Atat cainele cat si pisica lui dorm la el in pat.

EITHER ... OR
- sau...sau

You either apologize for breaking the vase or you buy it. - Sau iti ceri scuze ca ai spart vasul sau
il cumperi.

NEITHER ... NOR

- nici ...nici.

No. I'll neither apologize nor buy it. - Nu, nici nu imi voi cere scuze nici nu il voi cumpara.

NOT ONLY ... BUT ALSO

- nu numai...ci si 

Not only was I pushed but I also hit myself when I fell over the vase. - Nu numai ca am fost
impins ci m-am si lovit cand am cazut peste vas.