Conjunctions

Conjunctions

The Novvocu conjunction system has the following operators:

im Not.

et And -- both of the conditions are true

ar Or (and/or) -- one or the other or both of the conditions are true.

os Exclusive Or (Xor) -- one or the other condition is true but not both.

Examples:

Duos ge runa et nila camis o nin va habile posi. "Two red and blue shirts are what you can take."

Duos ge runa im camis o nin va habile posi. "Two non-red shirts are what you can take."

Duos ge runa ar nila camis o nin va habile posi. "Two red or blue shirts are what you can take."

Duos ge runa os nila camis o nin va habile posi. "Two shirts that are either red or blue are what you can take."

Precedence is:

1. Not

2. And

3. Or

4. Xor

No method of overriding precedence (e.g., parentheses) is provided.

The conjunctions can be used to join adjectives, adverbs, nouns (but not verbs) or two clauses. One quick example:

Duos ge runa et nila camis et nera et jela patalun o nin va habile posi. "Two red and blue shirts and black and yellow pants are what you can take."

Duos ge runa et nila camis et patalun o nin va habile posi. "Two red and blue shirts and pants are what you can take."

I think in the last example that the pants are of unspecified color, not red and blue.