And
You can imply the word "and" by repeating a particle or preposition.
jan li kama li tawa.
jan li kama li tawa.People come and go.
sina pali e lipu e toki sin.
sina pali e lipu e toki sin.You make books and new languages.
In subjects[edit | edit source]
To connect multiple subjects, use the particle en.
soweli en waso li pona.
soweli en waso li pona.Mammals and birds are good.
It might help to imagine a hidden en at the start of every sentence. This way, you repeat en like the other particles; you just always drop the first en.
In modifiers[edit | edit source]
Saying "and" between modifiers would be the same thing as listing them.
sike loje suli
sike loje sulibig (and) red ball
Repeating dropped li[edit | edit source]
There is some disagreement over whether to repeat li when the first instance is dropped after mi or sina, or to make a new sentence. Multiple sentences might make a clearer distinction between statements like these:
mi ike li wile weka.
mi ike li wile weka.Those of us who are bad need to go away. (Can also mean:)
mi ike. mi wile weka.
mi ike. mi wile weka.We are bad and we need to go away.