Conjunctions and Particles

Conjunctions are connecting words such as "and" or "but" used to link thoughts.

Some conjunctions commonly used in English (such as "if") are not represented by individual words in Dena'ina, but are embedded in the verb.

The following table contains those Dena'ina conjunctions and particles that are individual words not embedded in the verb.

Dena'ina	Meaning	Comments
ch'u	and	can be used between two nouns or betwen two sentences, can also be used at the end of a sentence to indicate what comes next in a text
yethdi	and then, next	usually at the beginning of a sentence
łu	it is said	usually at the end of a sentence
hq'u	but
ki	more	often used at the beginning of a sentence or paragraph to mean, "there is more to the story"
k'u	also, too
lagu	I wonder
dach'	thus
ighi	well, so