b) contrasting: bat (but)
- Me (I) janmog (to know how) rasmi (to draw), bat me (I) bu (not) janmog (to know how) gani (to sing). – I can draw, but I can't sing.
c) alternative: o (oda) (or)
- Pren (to take) sey (this) kitaba (book) o toy-la (that one). – Take this book or that one.
1.2. doubled:
a) both...and: i .. i: Me (I) lubi (to love) i yu (you) i ela (she). – I love both you and her.
b) neither... nor: ni .. ni: Me (I) bu (not) yao (to want) vidi (to see) li (they), ni lu (he) ni ela (she). – I don't want to see them, neither him nor her.
c) either... or: oda .. oda: Nu (we) sal (to be going to) hev (to have) oda son (son) oda docha (daughter). – We are going to have either a son or a daughter.
d) nau .. nau: Ta (he / she) shwo (to say, to talk) nau lautem (loudly), nau kyetem (quietly). - He / She is talking now loudly, now quietly.
1.3. phrasaclass="underline"
a) condition: si: Me (I) lai (to come) si yu (you) yao (to want). – I will come if you want.
b) concession: obwol: Ta (he / she) bu (not) lai (to come) obwol me (I) he ("past tense") pregi (to ask for). – He/she didn't come, though I had asked (her to come).