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ですが (desuga) Japanese meaning: but | Kotomora
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Expressions 失しつ 礼れい ですが excuse me, but ... · with all due respect 早さっ 速そく ですが without further ado; getting right to the point; I know this is abrupt, but... お 言こと 葉ば ですが with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ... Related words しかし is more formal than ですが and can stand alone at the start of a new sentence, often in writing or speeches.
けど is a casual, conversational way to say 'but,' while ですが keeps the sentence polite.
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れ
っぽい
です
。
He is kind, but a bit forgetful.
This room is spacious, but the rent is expensive.
つまらないものですが
it's not much, but ...
Polite form of the copula だ (です) combined with the conjunctive particle が.
