A conjunction is a word that joins two parts of a sentence.

සමුච්ච නිපාත වාක්‍යංශ දෙකක් සම්බන්ධ කිරීමට යොදා ගැනේ.

Coordinating Conjunctions සමායෝජන සමුච්ච නිපාත	Subordinating Conjunctions උපකාරක සමුච්ච නිපාත
and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so සහ, නමුත්, හෝ, නොවේ, සඳහා, තවද, එබැවින්	although, because, since, unless එ‍සේ උවද, එමනිසා, සිට, නැතිනම්

Conjunction	Function	Example
and	joins two similar ideas together	He lives in Victoria, and he studies at UVic.
but	joins two contrasting ideas	John is Canadian, but Sally is English.
or	joins two alternative ideas	I could cook some supper, or we could order a pizza.
so	shows that the second idea is the result of the first	She was sick, so she went to the doctor.
nor	joining two negative alternatives	neither Nimal nor Sarath can do it.
for	meaning "because"	I like you because, you are so nice.
yet	meaning "but"	I will bring it but, I might forget.