Conjunctions: Joining Everything Together

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Conjunctions: Joining Words

tlhIngan Hol has a way to join nouns and sentences together. These words are called conjunctions.

The three kinds of conjunctions are:-

je	and (joining nouns)	'ej	and (joining sentences)
joq	and/or (joining nouns)	qoj	and/or (joining sentences)
ghap	either/or (joining nouns)	pagh	either/or (joining sentences)

Note the difference between and/or and either/or. And/or can mean one or the other or both; either/or is mutually exclusive: only one or the other, never both.

Here are some examples of the conjunctions used to join nouns together. The conjunctions here are placed after the nouns.

romuluSngan tera'ngan je	A Romulan and a Terran
nepwI' tojwI' je	a liar and a deceiver
quv yIn HoS je	Honour, Life and Power
toplIn cha'pujqutmey joq	topaline and/or dilithium crystals
DeS 'uS joq	an arm and/or leg
DIpmey wotmey joq	nouns and/or verbs
HoS pung ghap	Strength either/or Mercy
quv Hegh ghap	Honour either/or Death
roj yay ghap	peace either/or victory

Here are examples of conjunctions joining sentences. These conjunctions come between the sentences being joined.

SoptaH 'ej QongtaH	He eats and sleeps
ngIv 'ej yevbe'	She patrols without pause (she patrols and does not pause)
jIQub qoj jIHar	I think and/or I believe
nuHvam vIlo'laH qoj nuHvetlh vIlo'laH	I can use this weapon and/or that weapon
bIyIn pagh bIHegh	You will either live or die
maroj pagh maQap	We either make peace OR we win

Friday: Some more examples.

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