11 Conjunction: ‘And/with’ and ‘but/without’
SENĆOŦEN has one multipurpose conjunction: I¸. This little word is used in meanings like ‘and’ and ‘but,’ and it is also used in many cases where English uses ‘with.’ Actually, I¸ can be used in a number of ways that do not translate directly into English. In §11.1 we cover the basic use of I¸ meaning ‘and’ or ‘with,’ and in §11.2 we cover its combination with a prefix U¸ to mean ‘but’ or ‘without.’ In SENĆOŦEN the notion of ‘or’ is more complicated. There are several ways of expressing ‘or’ and some involve complex sentences that will be introduced in §30.4.