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Chris456
8 Nov 2020

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What is the difference between ma and però ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

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Simone2900000
8 Nov 2020

  • Italian

Nessuna differenza

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Manuela_Matera
8 Nov 2020

  • Italian

Nessuna differenza!

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IClerith
8 Nov 2020

  • Italian

They both mean the same thing! (but, however, yet)

But there is a little difference! Ma can only be used at the beginning of a sentence, però can be used at the end of the sentence too!

for example:

Mi piacciono le mele verdi, ma/però preferisco quelle gialle
=
I like green apples, but/however/yet I prefer yellow ones

if we use però, we can also say this phrase in a different way :)

Mi piacciono le mele verdi, preferisco quelle gialle, però
(literal translation: I like green apples, I prefer yellow ones, however)

ps: we usually use "ma" for interrogative sentences and only "ma" works for exclamation sentences
example: "Ma che bello!" (So beautiful!)
We can replace ma with però here, it would be grammatically wrong 😊

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Chris456
8 Nov 2020

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@IClerith Thank you for your detailed explanation😊
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