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Ido
Conjunction
kom ja
Borrowed from Latin quoniam.
- (neologism, rare) now that, seeing that, considering, as, forasmuch, inasmuch as, since, because
- Synonyms: pro ke, quoniam, ja ke
Kom ja el esis nefidela, il abandonis el.- Since she was unfaithful, he abandoned her.
Usage notes
A more recently coined word, kom ja compliments ja ke, as a calqued term from Latin quoniam. The intended difference is that they reveal the cause, motive, reason or circumstance, instead of introducing it. The best ways to express the example above using kom ja would be:
- Kom ja el esis nefidela, il abandonis el.
- Kom el ja esis nefidela, il abandonis el.
- Kom el esis ja nefidela, il abandonis el.