Thread: Я не полезу туда - I will not climb there... wrong verb?

If you are enumerating subject-action sentences your last delimeter is 'a' in most cases: 'Паша пишет, Саша читает, а Коля отдыхает'. It is just enumeration. 'a' can be omitted, but sounds good, natural. I think it can be translated as 'and' or 'while'.
If you are using 'но' as the last delimeter you oppose last sentence to all others: 'Паша пишет, Саша читает, но Коля отдыхает'. Something like 'Look at Kolya! What is wrong with this guy?'. I think it can be translated as 'but'.
These rules apply to 'subect-action' sentences only.

Originally Posted by Alex80

'Паша пишет, Саша читает, но Коля отдыхает'. Something like 'Look at Kolya! What is wrong with this guy?'.

I'd rather say 'What is wrong with Pasha and Sasha?'