Conjunctions
As conjunctions are indeclinable, and have been formed in a variety of ways, they do not have any specific stress patterns. In cases where the conjunction has been formed on the basis of two words e.g. причо́му (при + чо́му), it may be possible to predict where the stress will lie. Given below are the most frequently used conjunctions, with their stress (where relevant) and meanings.
More information on conjunctions and their use in Ukrainian: Read Ukrainian! pages 19.2 and 19.3.
Coordinating conjunctions
і/й; таand
ні... ніneither ... nor
не ті́льки..., а й; не лише́..., але́ йnot only ... but also
як... так (і)both ... and
аand/but (contrastive)
але́but
та; проте́; зате́; одна́кhowever, but
нато́містьhowever (colloquial)
причо́муmoreover, besides
то..., тоsometimes ... sometimes, at times ... at others
або́... або́; чи... чиeither ... or
не то..., не тоnot quite ... not quite, part ... part ...
чи то..., чи тоwhether ... or
то́бтоi.e., in other words
Subordinating conjunctions
тому́ що; бо; через те́, щоbecause, since
тому́therefore, that is why
хоч; хоча́although
щоб (що́би); аби́in order to, in order that
якщо́if (present/ future)
якщо́ б; якби́if (past/conditional)
ні́би; ні́бито; мов; немо́в; нена́чеas if
хай; неха́йlet ..., may ..., should
ніж; ані́жthan (in comparison)
оскі́лькиas, inasmuch as, insofar as
що́йноnot until, only ... when, once
як ті́лькиas soon as
пі́сля то́го, якwhen, once, after
пе́ред ти́м, якbefore
що ажso (such) ... that
так щоso (that)
незважа́ючи на те, щоdespite the fact that, even though