TAKOBOTO

but, however
It rained, but everybody enjoyed themselves.

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あめがふっていたけれども、みんなはたのしいときをすごした。

Although it rained, everyone had a good time.

おひきうけしたいんですけれど・・・

I'd like to say yes, but ...

かれは１６さいだけれど、りょうしんからどくりつしています。

Though only 16, he is independent of his parents.

かれはあまりべんきょうしないけれども、せいせきがいい

Although he doesn't study hard, he gets good marks

おそくおきたけれども、じゅぎょうにまにあえた。

Even though I woke up late, I could make it to the class on time.

Just a typo. In ex #864, in the romanized text appears 'daderedo' and should be 'dakeredo', isn't it?

raph

raph - fixed. you can edit the examples ya know!

dc

Used to join two sentences.
けれども (most formal) →けれど→けど (least formal)
けど used in speech, not when writing.
Using けれども etc to start a sentence is frowned upon. But, like using 'but' to start a sentence in English, is sometimes done anyway.

Amatuka

Verb, i-adjective or the copula should be before けれども.

e.g. 彼は１６歳だけれど、両親から独立しています。

Amatuka

In polite/formal use
sentence-A [-masu] けれども sentence-B [-masu] can be used, but
sentence-A [plain] けれど(も) sentence-B [-masu]
is also possible.

Amatuka

Compare & contrast with が (ga) and でも (demo)

Amatuka

#862
#863
#864
These are all well-written.

#863
I would say "お引き受けしたいのですが・・・。"

Nick

I would like to express my displeasure in seeing wa/ha o/wo in Romaji. We are all supposed to know what they mean, so why write them as they don't sound? Why write "ha" when we all know it really sounds like "wa?" Why write "wo" when we know it really sounds like "o"? Why don't you write it like it sounds?

feralkat

feralkat, it makes more sense to use the hiragana key strokes for these characters. even if its in romanji. if you write wa and o in your letter to a japanese person it would look very gaijin poi. so despite your displeasure, its the correct way to do it.

tigert

Very nice examples, but けど not used in writing? It depends on the writing.

jung-won