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All Novvocu conjunctions are of the form CVV. The system has the following five operators:
ont: not -- a prefix conjunction that inverts its condition (true > false, false > true)
ecs: and -- an infix conjunction that returns true only if both its conditions are true;; also, too -- a prefix conjunction that returns true if its condition is true but also indicates that its condition is in addition to previous conditions
arp: or, and/or -- an infix conjunction that returns true if one or the other or both of the conditions are true
ild: xor, exclusive or -- an infix conjunction that returns true if one or the other condition is true but not both
umb: nor, neither...nor -- an infix conjunction that returns true only if neither of its conditions is true
Examples:
Duos ge ont runa camis o nin va habile posi. "Two non-red shirts are what you can take."
Duos ge ecs runa camis o nin va habile posi. "Also two red shirts are what you can take."
Duos ge runa ecs nila camis o nin va habile posi. "Two red and blue shirts are what you can take."
Duos ge runa arp nila camis o nin va habile posi. "Two red or blue shirts are what you can take."
Duos ge runa ild nila camis o nin va habile posi. "Two shirts that are either red or blue are what you can take."
Duos ge runa umb nila camis o nin va habile posi. "Two shirts that are neither red nor blue are what you can take."
Precedence is:
1. Not
2. And
3. Or
4. Xor
5. Nor
No method of overriding precedence (e.g., parentheses in a programming language) is provided in Novvocu.
The conjunctions can be used to join adjectives, adverbs, nouns or two clauses, but not verbs. One quick example:
Duos ge runa ecs nila camis ecs 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 ecs nila camis ecs 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.
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