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Conjunctions & Complex Sentences
Coordinators
他不但聪明而且勇敢。
Not only smart but also brave.
Tā bùdàn cōngming érqiě yǒng.
Correlative: 不但…而且 = not only…but also
要是天气好，就去爬山。
If the weather is good
go hiking.
Yàoshi tiānsè hǎo
假如我是你…
If I were you…
Jiǎrú wǒ shì nǐ…
Hypothetical: 假如 (jiǎrú) = suppose/if
尽管累，还是坚持了。
Despite being tired
still persisted.
Jǐnguǎn lèi
除非你去，我才去。
Only if you go will I go.
Chúfēi nǐ qù
wǒ cái qù.
我买的那件衣服
the clothes I bought
wǒ mǎi de nà jiàn yīfu
Relative clause nominalization
他忙得没时间吃饭。
So busy he had no time to eat.
Tā máng de méi shíjiān chī fàn.
Extent clause: …得 + result clause
问题很多；然而他们坚持了。
Many problems; however they persisted.
Wèntí hěn duō; rán'ér tāmen jiānchí.
Literary adversative 然而 (rán'ér) = however
因此，我们决定放弃。
Therefore
we decided to give up.
Yīncǐ
于是他离开了。
As a result
he left.
Yúshì tā líkāi le.
