Translation
but
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Examples
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I want to come, but I cannot.
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He said that, but it is not the truth.
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She is tall, but not very tall.
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We have not much time, but we shall come.
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Not I, but he said that.
sets two things against each other and takes a comma before it in careful writing. It also does the corrective job of German sondern, as in , , "not me but him". Where English happily opens a sentence with "But", Esperanto usually reaches for ("however") in that slot and keeps between the two halves it joins.
Where this fits
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Stories
(7)Grammar articles
(13)Listening to Esperanto: What to Actually Listen To
Esperanto Connectors: tamen, kvankam, e膲 se, do and tial
Esperanto Conversation Words: nu, do, ja, fakte, cetere
What to Read in Esperanto: The Bookshelf, In Order
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Esperanto False Friends: Words That Lie to English Speakers
Who Decides Correct Esperanto? Fundamento and Akademio
Homaranismo: Zamenhof's Creed, Kept Apart from Esperanto
Negation in Esperanto: ne, the neni- Words and nek
Unofficial Esperanto Affixes: -oz-, -iv- and the Rest
Esperanto Punctuation, Spelling and Abbreviations
Esperanto Slang: Sound Like an Insider, Not a Textbook
Esperanto Word Order: Emphasis, ne and anka怒
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 4: sed, ke, kiu and 11 more words.