Meaning of taču | Babel Free

Definitions

but, but also; adversative conjunction, used to express strong opposition or contrast, with a nuance of surprise, inconsistency or contradiction, in various syntactic contexts

Examples

“(a) between sentence elements at the same level:”

“briesmīgas ir domas, kādas Nadīna domā par Jurģi... briesmīgas, taču... patiesas”

terrible were the thoughts that Nadīna thought about Jurģis... terrible, but... true

“mazā sanitāra pavēli zināja, taču bija izmanījusies neaizbraukt”

the small sanitary (detachment) knew the order (to leave), but had decided not to leave

“Adži ir viltīgs; viņš bezgala mīl Odesu, mīl Tbilisi, taču nekad nesāks klaji slavēt tās”

Adži is cunning; he loves (the cities of) Odessa and Tbilisi very much, but he would never openly praise them

“cilvēka iedarbība uz dabu sākās jau ar cilvēka tapšanu, taču cilvēka attīstības pirmsākuma laikā šī ietekme bija gandrīz nemanāma”

human effects on the environment began already with the appearance of humans, but during the initial stages of human development their influence was almost imperceptible

“rudens vējš nav sevišķi maigs, taču zēns, Daiņa jaunākais dēls, norūdījies”

the autumn wind was not particularly mild, but the boy, Dainis' youngest son, was well seasoned

“Nikolajs uzmanīgi skatās, taču viņa palīdzības šoreiz nevajag”

Nikolajs watched carefullyl, but his help was not necessary this time

“Bērni tomēr bija aizgājuši. Trīs dienas viņus neredzēja. Taču ceturtās dienas novakarē viņi izkāpa no autobusa, kam pie liepas bija pietura”

The children, however, had left. For three days he didn't see them. But in the evening of the fourth day they got off the bus, which had a stop near the linden tree

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