27 Conjunctions

“The following words are called Conjunctions. A conjunction is a connecting word like ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘if’, ‘unless’ or ‘when’. It can join two words – ‘wine and cheese’, say – or it can join one Clause, meaning a phrase with a subject and verb, to another Clause, together making a larger sentence:”

I love the Campus Martius, but you prefer the Tiber.

We will go to the Campus Martius, unless you want to go to the Forum.

“In addition to the conjunctions you already know, et, sed, cum, sī, and nisi, you should also learn these:”

nec or nequenor

neque… nequeneither… nor

nec… necneither… nor

et… etboth… and “Here are some examples of their use:”

nec ego nec tūneither I nor you

Nōn tē amō neque mē amās.I do not love you, nor do you love me. Neque amō neque spēro.I neither love nor hope.

Et amō et spērō.I both love and hope. “All done writing?”

All done.