Translation
because
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Examples
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I did not come, because I could not.
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He has to go, because he has already said so.
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We know the truth, because we saw it.
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Because you want me to, I will tell the truth.
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I am not saying that, because I do not want to.
joins two clauses: it needs a subject and a verb after it, never just a noun. When you only have a noun, reach for the preposition pro instead, so but pro . The question it answers is (why), and the answer often pairs with do (so, therefore) running the other way round.
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(3)Grammar articles
(8)Esperanto Connectors: tamen, kvankam, eĉ se, do and tial
Esperanto Correlatives in Use: tiu kiu, tio kion and More
Esperanto Conversation Words: nu, do, ja, fakte, cetere
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Homaranismo: Zamenhof's Creed, Kept Apart from Esperanto
Unofficial Esperanto Affixes: -oz-, -iv- and the Rest
Esperanto Participles: -anta, -inta, -onta and What They Do
Esperanto Prepositions: The Full List, With Examples
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 10: ĉar, antaŭ, bona and 11 more words.