Function words
Conjunctions, particles and prepositions: words that name nothing themselves but link and colour everything else
- ConjunctionsA227 wordsHow to join two thoughts in one sentence: and, but, or, because, that, if, when, although, while, after.
- DeterminersA214 wordsaudioWhich one exactly and how many: words before a noun — this and such, every, both and all, someone and no one, other and different.
- Pronominal adverbsA2–B115 wordsA preposition and «it» in one word instead of a thing already named: for and against, where something is, with what, from what and why.
- Focus and emphasis particlesB111 wordsHow to highlight the key word in a sentence: only, also, even, oneself — and little colloquial words like doch and ja.