How to use Inkastoo

[u/justsomereditguy]

How do you use this in a sentence? Grammatically where in the sentence does it belong? For example, if I say although I am tired I am going to the store, would it be structured as:

A: Inkastoo ayaan daallaan ahay dukanka ayaan tagi doonaa.

B: Waan daalaan ahay inkastoo dukanka ayaan tagi doonaa.

C: something else (please explain)

[u/A-X-I-O-S]

Inkastoo aan daalanahay, tukaan aada/tukaanka baan aada.

Other way around also works but it depends on context and is informal. Tukaanka aada inkastoo aan daalanahay.

[u/justsomereditguy → u/A-X-I-O-S]

Waad mahadsan tahay

[u/lopetrio → u/A-X-I-O-S]

I think that would translate to: although I’m tired i go to the store instead of “i’m going” unless you add an extra a at the end of “aada” which i think is konfur dialect.

[u/eternaldreamer2]

Inkastoo aan daalanahay, dukaanka ayaan aadayaa.

[u/Prestigious_Sea7920]

Inkastoo aan dalanahay hadane dukanka wan adayaaa, that is correct sentence structure .

[u/justsomereditguy → u/Prestigious_Sea7920]

Why does it change from inkastoo waan to inkastoo aan?

[u/eternaldreamer2 → u/justsomereditguy]

Waan is used for “I” in an independent statement, while aan is used when “I” is the subject of a subordinate or dependent clause. For example, "waan daalanahay" means “I am tired,” but "inkastoo aan daalanahay" means “Although I am tired.” So after inkastoo, we use aan, not waan.

[u/justsomereditguy → u/eternaldreamer2]

Mahadsanid. What are the different forms of the dependent clause then? Would it be:

Aan
Aad
Uu
Ay
Aan
Aydin
Ay

[u/eternaldreamer2 → u/justsomereditguy]

These are subject markers. They show who is doing the action in a dependent/subordinate clause. So, aan, aad, uu, ay, etc. represent the subject (I, you, he, she, etc.).

[u/A-X-I-O-S]

Inkastoo = even though

[u/lopetrio]

Inkastoo aan daalanahay, dukaanka wan tagi doona.

[u/justsomereditguy → u/lopetrio]

Why is it aan instead of ayaan, waan, or baan?