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kasi
ka-see
but
French: mais
Nalingi koya, kasi nazali na mosala.
I want to come, but I have work.
Je veux venir, mais j'ai du travail.
But — the small hinge that turns a sentence. Kasi is the everyday "but" (also ka). It introduces the catch, the exception, the gentle disagreement — "kasi…" opens the room for the other side of the thing.
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