13 Clausal conjunctives (although)
䡫㦖 ἓ㺆ὖ㧊㰖Ⱒ 䡫㦮 㡂㧦 䂲ῂ⓪ ㍶㌳┮㧊㠦㣪. “As for my older brother, (he) is a policeman, but as for his girlfriend, (she) is a teacher.” Finally, it can be used for all sentence types, as shown below: 㡊㕂䧞 Ὃ䟞㰖Ⱒ h ⯒ ⴑ 㞮㠊㣪. “Although (I) studied hard, (I) could not receive an A.” Ἵ ₆㹾Ṗ ☚㹿䞶GỆ㰖Ⱒ 㞞 ₆┺Ⰺ Ệ㡞㣪? “The train will arrive (here) soon, but won’t (you) wait?” Ṩ㦖 ゚㕎㰖Ⱒ ゾⰂ ㌂㎎㣪. “As for the price, (it) is expensive, but buy (it) immediately.” 㠦 ゚Ṗ 㡺㰖Ⱒ ⋮ṧ㔲┺! “Although (it) rains outside, (let us) go out!”
~(㦒)⋮ ⋮G The clausal conjunctive ~(㦒)⋮ is used to indicate that the content of the first clause does not comply with that of the main clause. It is also equivalent to “but/although” in English. ~(㦒)⋮ is a two-form conjunctive: ~㦒 ⋮ is used after a stem that ends in a consonant (e.g., 㧓㦒⋮ “read but”), and ~⋮ is used after a stem that ends in a vowel (e.g., ⺆㤆⋮ “learn but”). In addition, just like ~㰖Ⱒ, ~(㦒)⋮ is not subject to any restriction. Ṗỿ㦖 ゚㕎⋮ ₆⓻㧊 Ⱔ㞚㣪. “As for the price, (it) is expensive, but (it) has many functions.” Ἶ䝚⯒ 䂮ἶG 㕌㦒⋮ 㔲Ṛ㧊 㠜㠊㣪. “Although (I) want to play golf, (I) do not have time.” 㞚䂾㦚 ⲏ㠞㦒⋮ 㡂㩚䧞 ⺆Ṗ ἶ䕶㠊㣪. “Although (I) ate breakfast, (I) was still hungry.” ~(㦒)⋮ may be used with two or more clauses, before the main clause (e.g., ~㦒⋮ ~㦒⋮). In such cases ~(㦒)⋮Gis used to list selections of actions or states that have opposite meanings and to indicate that the content of the main clause happens regardless of the selections indicated by ~(㦒)⋮. Consider the following example: 㧊₆⋮ 㰖⋮ 㡊㕂䧞 䞶 Ệ㡞㣪. “Whether (we) win or lose, (we) will do (our) best.”
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Notice that ~(㦒)⋮ lists two activities that have opposite meanings (e.g., winning or losing), while the main clause occurs anyway regardless of the activities of the previous clauses. Here are more examples: