Re: How to do "But/However"

From: "John Vertical" <johnvertical@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:42 PM

> Doh. Of course. :)
>
> I wouldn't say it's a question of the degree of contrast,
> however; my gut feeling is that "vaan" is used only in
> "not A but B" constructions, and "mutta" in other
> (conjunctive) contexts.
That would resemble German's use of "aber" and "sondern":

  nicht A, sondern B
  not   A, but     B

  ..., aber    ich hatte keine Lust.
  ..., but     I   didn't feel like.
  ..., however I   didn't feel like.

In English, you can also use "however" for the second one,
though.

Cheers,
Carstesn