Re: 80th lexicon entry

S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote:

> ObConlang: what kind of conjunctions are in your conlangs? Are they
> equivalent to the English "and", "but", etc., or are there different words
> for the various meanings of "and", or are they divided differently from
> conjunctions in English?
    Gladilatian has eight conjunctions.  Each one consists of two words, one
which precedes the final conjunct and another which precedes all of the
others.  They are:

fna...wo  exactly one of
hra...wo  or (inclusive)
la...wo   even though ... (and ...) still ...
ma...we   if ... (and ...) then ...
ra...we   (similarity)
sa...we   (apposition)
xa...we   because ... (and ...) therefore ...
za...we   and

so "za sot za wear we wehesnekar"  means "the sun, the moons, and the
stars".  "Fna...wo" applied to two conjuncts is equivalent to an exclusive
or.  "Sa...we" is used to connect the different parts of a name.

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