Conjunction after verb in dictionary form

Question

How exactly do you say "but" when it's an information situation and the fist sentence is in plain form? In formal speech it would be something like this:

漢字が読めますが、漢字が書けません。

In informal speech, what would the が become? (Without using でも)

漢字が読める＿＿、漢字が書けない。

Answer 1

You can still use が even if it does not follow マス形. That said

漢字が読めるが、漢字が書けない。

is grammatical.

There are some alternatives けど<けれど<けども<けれども (least to most formal):

漢字が読めるけど、漢字が書けない。
漢字が読めるけども、漢字が書けない。
漢字が読めるけれども、漢字が書けない。