conjunction
jer
because; since (giving the reason)
потому что, ведь
With stress
jȅr
In Cyrillic
јер
Examples from the lessons
причина с jer
обычно нет: часть с jer идёт после главной; запятая перед jer обычно не нужна — Ostajem kod kuće jer pada kiša.
Building long sentencesOstao je kod kuće jer se loše osećao.
Он остался дома, потому что плохо себя чувствовал.
The second-place ruleIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
- Commas in clausesSecondary & compound prepositionsPresent verbal adverbThe second-place ruleInternal clitic orderAdvanced clitic placementSubordinate clauses overviewTemporal clauses
Next to it in the phrasebook
- iand; as a particle, even or too (I ja to znam)
- ȁlibut
- zàtōthat’s why, so; therefore
- ȉlior
- paand (then); so (as a result); well (opening a reply); but…
- ȍndāthen
- zàto štȍbecause
- tàkođealso; too; likewise (in reply to a courtesy)
- zàtīmthen, after that (bookish; in conversation pa, onda)
- dȁklēso (drawing a conclusion); thus, therefore