Conjunctions - "Or," Joining Sentences

Last time, the conjunction joq and/or was introduced. joq is used to join nouns together, and goes after the joined nouns.

qagh chab joq	Gagh and/or a pie
vulqanganpu' romuluSnganpu' joq	Vulcans and/or Romulans
ghaH ghaH joq	him and/or her

The and/or conjunction that joins sentences together is qoj. All sentence-joining conjunctions come between the sentences they join. That includes qoj.

Examples:-

jaghDaj Suv tlhIngan qoj tera'ngan jagh Suv tlhIngan	The Klingon fights his own enemy and/or the Terran's enemy
tachmeyDaq SuvtaH SuvwI'pu' qoj pa' SoptaH SuvwI'pu' qoj pa' tlhutlhtaH SuvwI'pu' net Sov	One knows that warriors eat and/or fight and/or drink in bars
yIQaQ qoj yIDaj	Be good and/or interesting
jaghpu'vo' maqetqangbe' qoj maSo'qangbe'. DISuvnIS	We are unwilling either to run from the enemies or hide from them. We must fight them
DIqaghnIS qoj mamumnIS qoj vay' wIta'nIS	We've got to interrupt them or intervene or do something

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Conjunctions - 'ej - "And" Joining Sentences

Last time, the conjunction je and was introduced. je is used to join nouns together, and can mean and and also also; too too:-

chab HIq je	a pie and an ale
puqloDpu' puqbe'pu' je	Boys and girls
ghaH ghaH je	him and her

All conjunctions joining sentences come between the sentences they join. Examples using 'ej:-

jaghDaj Suv tlhIngan 'ej tera'ngan jagh Suv tlhIngan	The Klingon fights his own enemy and the Terran's enemy
maSuvtaH 'ej maQap	We're going to fight and we're going to win
pa' DabtaH 'ej pa' vumtaH	He lives and works there

Note that in the last example,

pa' DabtaH 'ej pa' vumtaH

the term pa' has been repeated: the compound sentence is He lives there and he works there. While this can be shortened to

pa' DabtaH 'ej vumtaH

it is better to use the redundant terms in both parts of the joined sentence, particularly if doing so makes the meaning of the sentence clearer. In some cases, it is necessary to use both joined parts of the sentence in full:-

pa' DabtaH 'ej latlh DaqDaq vumtaH

He lives over there and works somewhere else

Colours

'ej also turns up in certain colour descriptions, where the combination 'ej wov usually means bright and 'ej wovbe' typically dark:-

Doq 'ej wov	bright red / bright orange
Doq 'ej wovbe'	brownish
Doqqu' 'ej wov	pink
SuD 'ej wov	bright blue / bright green / bright yellow

Colours will be described in greater detail in a later article.

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