Disjunctive coordinating conjunctions (conjunções coordenativas disjuntivas) express an idea of choice or alternative, i.e. that only one of the parts of the sentence can be true. The most obvious example is: ouor
Eu fico em casa, ou vou à ruaI'll stay at home or I'll go to the street
Here are some other examples:ora...orasometimes...and other times
quer...querwhether...or
ou...oueither...or
Examples:
A avó ora educa, ora mimaThe grandmother sometimes disciplines and sometimes spoils.
Ou compro uma mota, ou compro um carroEither I buy a motorcycle or I buy a car
Conjunctions That Present A Choice
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Can ora be used instead of As vezes, or just in cases of ora….ora?
Only in cases of ‘ora… ora’, as you put it 🙂
I’m a little confused…in the notes I see quer…quer as “either … or” but the example below shows “ou….ou”. I assume both are equally acceptable?
Ah, thank you for asking, Karen. The note wasn’t entirely clear – “quer…quer” is closer to “whether/or” than to “either/or”, so it’s not quiiite the same as “ou…ou”. I’ve just updated the article 🙂
Hi, “ora . . . ora . . . ,” I think this maybe better translates as “sometimes . . . and other times . . .”
Sure, that also works. Thanks 🙂