Conjunctions: '和' and '但' — Mandarin Grammar

(héㄏㄜˊho2) means "and" but only connects nouns or noun phrases, not full clauses: (gǒu hé māoㄍㄡˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄠkou3 ho2 mao1) — dogs and cats. To link clauses, use words like (háiㄏㄞˊhai2) — also, or simply list them.

(dànㄉㄢˋtan4) or (dàn·shìㄉㄢˋ·ㄕˋtan4·shih4) means "but" and connects contrasting clauses: (tā·men méi·yǒu kàn·dào, dàn tā·men tīng·dào leㄊㄚ·˙ㄇㄣㄇㄟˊ·ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄢˋ·ㄉㄠˋ, ㄉㄢˋ ㄊㄚ·˙ㄇㄣㄊㄧㄥ·ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄜt'a1·mên mei2·yu3 k'an4·tao4, tan4 t'a1·mên t'ing1·tao4 lê) — they didn't see it, but they heard it.

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Sentences from Lingora’s Mandarin course

38 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 13. A few of them, with the words “Conjunctions: '和' and '但'” is about in bold:

我要买一根香蕉和六个鸡蛋。
wǒ yào mǎi yī gēn xiāng·jiāo hé liù gè jī·dàn.ㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄧㄍㄣㄒㄧㄤ·ㄐㄧㄠㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧ·ㄉㄢˋ.wo3 yao4 mai3 yi1 kên1 shiang1·chiao1 ho2 liu4 ko4 chi1·tan4.
I am buying one banana and six eggs.
Lesson 43
我也帮你买了一打鸡蛋和巧克力棒。
wǒ yě bāng nǐ mǎi le yī dá jī·dàn hé qiǎo·kè·lì bàng.ㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄤㄋㄧˇ ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄌㄜㄧㄉㄚˊ ㄐㄧ·ㄉㄢˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ·ㄎㄜˋ·ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄤˋ.wo3 yeh3 pang1 ni3 mai3 lê yi1 ta2 chi1·tan4 ho2 ch'iao3·k'o4·li4 pang4.
I bought a dozen eggs and a candy bar for you too.
Lesson 47
我有两个妹妹和两个姐姐。
wǒ yǒu liǎng gè mèi·mei hé liǎng gè jiě·jie.ㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄇㄟˋ·˙ㄇㄟㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ·˙ㄐㄧㄝ.wo3 yu3 liang3 ko4 mei4·mei ho2 liang3 ko4 chieh3·chieh.
I have two younger sisters and two older sisters.
Lesson 138

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