Conjunction

When linking phrases, Kah makes a distiction between coordinating and subordinating conjunction.

Coordinating conjunction
Coordinating conjunctors link two complete independent sentences while expressing the relationship to one another. The entire list of coordinating conjunctors in Kah reads:

ai  -  and

esto  -  but, however, and not

eom  -  or

echu  -  so, therefore

Examples of the use of coordinating conjunctors are:

Wa kiza ai yu zon

I eat and he sleep

I ate and he slept

Wa kiza esto yu zon

I eat but he sleep

I ate but he slept

Keju kiza eom zon?

Want eat or sleep?

Do you want to eat or sleep?

Kike echu kiza

be hungry so eat

I was hungry so I ate

Subordinating conjunctors
Subordinating conjunctors introduce a complement phrase in which the verb is a conjunctive form. Kah has the following subordinating conjunctors:

en  -  that, whether

eta  -  when (temporal)

tabo  -  while, during, as

tonto  -  if (conditional)

chumun  -  because, since

eno  -  in order that (purpose)

ewe  -  even when, even if, albeit, still

eye  -  anyway, although, on the other hand

Examples of the use of subordinating conjunctors are:

Yu ka en semi

he say that be sick

He said he was sick

Bas yonka eta nubo

stop converse when enter

They stopped talking when he entered

Kava yu tabo la kiza

call him while be at eat

I called him while he was eating

Denu pau tonto li papau

go give if you pay

I'll give it if you pay

Yu jam chumun wa haka

he do because i ask

He did it because I asked him

Pau apa eno tengi paza

give money so can buy

Give me money so I can buy it

Ke jam ewe li tusunka

intend do even when you forbid

He would do it even if you told him off

Denu jam eye nong keju

go do although not want

I'll do it although I don't want to

Topicalization of complement phrases
When a subordinate clause is moved to the front of the sentence and therefore topicalized, this topicalization can be made visible by adding the marker lo. This is optional, however. Compare: