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Complex Sentences & Syntax

Connectors, conditionals, relative clauses and the syntax of complex sentences.
عِنْدَمَا
when
'indamaa
A time-clause connector
عِنْدَمَا وَصَلْتُ
when I arrived
'indamaa wasaltu
A time clause
إِذَا
if
idhaa
A real condition
إِذَا دَرَسْتَ نَجَحْتَ
if you study you pass
idhaa darasta najahta
A conditional sentence
لِأَنَّهُ مَرِيضٌ
because he is sick
li-annahu mariidun
A reason clause
كَيْ
so that
kay
Purpose
لِكَيْ يَنْجَحَ
so that he succeeds
likay yanjaha
A purpose clause
الَّذِي
who/which (m)
alladhii
A relative pronoun
الطَّالِبُ الَّذِي نَجَحَ
the student who passed
at-taalibu alladhii najaha
A relative clause
حَتَّى
until / so that
hattaa
A goal or limit connector