а

• conjunction
• Level A1
• Rank 18 of 12,000
• 0.50% of running text

and, and yet, but

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• particle
• Level B2
• Rank 3,371 of 12,000
• 0.004% of running text

interrogative particle: introduces a question

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Meanings

1. and (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) (conjunction)
2. and, and yet, but (conjunction)
3. interrogative particle: introduces a question
4. ah!, oh!, oh well (interjection)

The dictionary keeps one entry for the spelling а, so these meanings cover every use above.