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Ukrainian equivalent of it can be only an object subordinate
clause.
Nevertheless, the nature of the composite sentence is quite
similar in English and Ukrainian. Similarity is observed first of all
in the nomenclature of the major syntax units represented by the
compound and complex sentences.

2. The compound sentence with conjunction

There are several types of the compound sentence
depending on the meaning of the conjunction in English and in
Ukrainian: copulative (єднальні), disjunctive (розділові),
adversative (протиставні), as well as compound sentences with
causative and consecutive interrelations between clauses
(складносурядні речення з причинно-наслідковими
відношеннями між складовими частинами речення).

The copulative compound sentence

In the English language the copulative sentences are joined
by conjunctions and, neither ... nor, now ... now, not... but. In
Ukrainian the typical conjunctions in this type of the sentence are:
і (й), та, та й, і... і..., ні... ні..., ані... ані... and others.
The most widespread of them are the English conjunction
"and" and the Ukrainian conjunction "і (й)". They render a
variety of relations between sentences.
The peculiarity of the Ukrainian conjunction і is the fact
that it has its phonetic variant й with which it alternates depending
on the phonetic syllable of the closest to it surrounding words.
Sometimes the conjunction й has also a semantic difference,
pointing towards the closer connection in comparison to the
conjunction i.

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