According to their signification conjunctions may be divided into—
(a) Copulative—ja, ynnä, and sekä, also; sekä ... että, both ... and; ka, kä (enclitic), and.
(b) Disjunctive—eli, tahi, tai, taikka, or; joko ... tai, either ... or.
(c) Adversative—mutta, vaan, but; kuitenkin, toki, however.
(d) Inferential—sentähden, siksi, therefore; siis, niin-muodoin, consequently; niin, so, accordingly.
(e) Causal—sillä, for; kun, koska, because.
(f) Comparative—kuin, than; ikäänkuin, as, if.
(g) Temporal—kun, when; jahka, heti kuin, as soon as; ennenkuin, before that; sittenkuin, after that.
(h) Final and Consecutive—että, jotta, that.
(i) Conditional—jos, if.