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How to use: "けど", "でも" and "～が、" ?
Hello, I only knew the "でも" to write "but", but a guy corrected a text that I wrote, saying that I should to use "～が、" in some locations in a continuous phrases(I don't know if I'm saying it correctly xD), and today I see in a Anime a guy saying "けど".
Then it is my question: How and where I should to use theses?
Then it is my question: How and where I should to use theses?
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There are many Japanese which mean 'but'.
For example, けど、が、でも、しかし、ところが...
(cf. http://www.weblio.jp/parts-of-speech/%E6%8E%A5%E7%B6%9A%E8%A9%9E(%E9%80%86%E6%8E%A5)_1)
About your question,
●「が」 means 'but', we use to connect two sentences.
明日は雨だが、ピクニックにいく。
（It will rain tomorrow, but we will go to a picnic）
●「しかし」 also means 'but', we use it the beginning of sentence.
明日は雨だ。しかし、ピクニックに行く。
（It will rain tomorrow. But we will go to a picnic）
●「けど」 is slang, the word comes from 「けれど」
and we can use 「けれど」 as the same meaning as が and しかし
明日は雨だけれど、ピクニックに行く。
明日は雨だ。けれど、ピクニックに行く。
●「でも」 means 'even if' as Mr.Eliot said.
明日は雨でも、ピクニックに行く。
(Even if it rains tomorrow, we will go to a picnic.)
For example, けど、が、でも、しかし、ところが...
(cf. http://www.weblio.jp/parts-of-speech/%E6%8E%A5%E7%B6%9A%E8%A9%9E(%E9%80%86%E6%8E%A5)_1)
About your question,
●「が」 means 'but', we use to connect two sentences.
明日は雨だが、ピクニックにいく。
（It will rain tomorrow, but we will go to a picnic）
●「しかし」 also means 'but', we use it the beginning of sentence.
明日は雨だ。しかし、ピクニックに行く。
（It will rain tomorrow. But we will go to a picnic）
●「けど」 is slang, the word comes from 「けれど」
and we can use 「けれど」 as the same meaning as が and しかし
明日は雨だけれど、ピクニックに行く。
明日は雨だ。けれど、ピクニックに行く。
●「でも」 means 'even if' as Mr.Eliot said.
明日は雨でも、ピクニックに行く。
(Even if it rains tomorrow, we will go to a picnic.)
けど is informal for が, and means the same thing.
でも = but, but it carries the nuance of "even if".
が is the correct word for transitioning clauses that have a mild "but" relationship.
E.g: He likes cats,(but) she likes dogs.
でも = but, but it carries the nuance of "even if".
が is the correct word for transitioning clauses that have a mild "but" relationship.
E.g: He likes cats,(but) she likes dogs.
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