それでも・それに: Conjunctions 3 ( + Reviewing それから・そして・それで)

Introduction

If you've forgotten, conjunctions are parts of speech like "therefore", "but" and "then" that link stuff together. Usually, in Japanese, we'll be linking clauses. Not Santa Clauses, mind you. Well, I suppose if your sentence includes multiple Santa Clauses... err, never mind. Let's get started!

Therefore, I became excited for Christmas

In this lesson, I'm going to introduce two new conjunctions: それでも and それに, both of which are super friendly, useful, and fun! Or at least, that's what people tell me. But before we get to making new friends, we'll review some similar conjunctions that we've already covered. After all, you're trying to cram a lot of grammar in your head, so I wouldn't blame you if you'd forgotten a couple of things...