Re: How to do "But/However"

>It strikes me that ko- in these exs. might equally well be translated as
>"although/even though...", in which case it's right where it ought to be :-)
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in some ways. But this isn't completely true in the case of multiple
clauses:

I went and ko- worked for it, and he didn't pay me enough

The point is, the clauses governed by "although" (if that's what we say
ko- is equivalent to), must come first, and only the last is marked by
the prefix ko-.
 But even if we do say it's equivalent to although, it's still
interesting that:

i) a language can reverse things and have an "although" but no "but"

and

ii) such a meaning can be expressed by an affix rather than a clitic or
independent word

>Only non-IE lang. of my acquaintance, Indonesian, uses its "but" conjunction
>"(te)tapi" pretty much a la IE. The odd thing is, "tetapi" __IIRC__ is
>borrowed from Skt. (tathapi vel sim.)-- and I think also "or" atau
>(sometimes spelled-- archaic?-- atawa).
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Basque does also, with baina. It's used in almost exactly the same was
as English but, Spanish pero, etc. This may be as a result of prolonged
contact with Spanish and French though.