kadangi

Lithuanian

Etymology

From an unattested *kadān + gi (“particle”), the former related to kadà (“when”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɐˈdaːŋɡɪ]

Conjunction

kadángi

because, since
Kadangi jai patinka filmai, ji perka televizorių.
Because she likes films, she's buying a TV.

Usage notes

The main difference between kadangi and nes is that kadangi can begin the first or second clause of a compound sentence, whereas nes is only used in the second clause. Kadangi, however, is still mostly used in the first clause.

Synonyms

nes
kad

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kadángi”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 242
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kada”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 216

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kadángi”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 242

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “kada”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 216

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