Latin C1: Linking ideas: autem, enim, igitur, tamen · Grammar

Latin prose links each sentence to the last with small words, and some of them never come first. autem (but, however), enim (for) and igitur (therefore) usually stand second. nam (for) and ergo (therefore) come first. tamen (nevertheless) can go either way. quoque (also) follows the word it stresses; etiam (even, also) usually comes before it.

• autem — but, however
• enim — for, indeed
• igitur — therefore (second word)
• ergo — therefore (first word)
• tamen — nevertheless
• nam — for (first word)
• quoque — also, too
• etiam — even, also

• Cogito, ergo sum. — I think, therefore I am.
• Et tu, Brute? — You too, Brutus?
• Et tamen movetur. — And yet it moves.
• Quid igitur faciamus? — So what shall we do?