Een voegwoord (‘conjunction’) is een woord dat twee deelzinnen ('clauses') met elkaar verbindt. Het Engels kent veel woorden die zinnen aan elkaar kunnen rijgen:

Opsomming:

• ‘And’                 (En)                 Mike and Julia are family.

Reden/Oorzaak:

• ‘Because’        (Omdat)          She walked on because he was angry.
• ‘As’                    (Omdat)          He thinks he’s stupid as he didn’t know the answer.
• ‘For’                  (Want)             He’ll never make it for he’s too stupid.
• ‘Since’              (Aangezien)    I can’t help you since I don’t know how.

Gevolg:

• ‘So’                    (Dus)               I had other plans so I said no.
• ‘So that’                        (Zodat)            We saved money so that we could go on vacation.

Keuze:

• ‘Or’                     (Of)                 Should I stay or should I go?

Tegenstelling:

• ‘But’                   (Maar)             It was an ugly but smart boy.
• ‘Though’           (Desondanks) I see your point, though I don’t agree.
• ‘Although’        (Hoewel)         He laughed although he had lost.
• ‘Even though’ (Hoewel)         I agreed even though I didn’t like the idea.

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