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You can imply the word "and" by repeating a [[particle]] or [[preposition]].

{{Example|jan <mark>li</mark> kama <mark>li</mark> tawa.|People come <mark>and</mark> go.}}

{{Example|sina pali <mark>e</mark> lipu <mark>e</mark> toki sin.|You make books <mark>and</mark> new languages.}}

To connect multiple [[subject]]s, use the particle {{tp|[[en]]}}.

{{Example|soweli <mark>en</mark> waso li pona.|Mammals <mark>and</mark> birds are good.}}

It might help to imagine a hidden {{tp|en}} at the start of every sentence. This way, you repeat {{tp|en}} like the other particles; you just always drop the first {{tp|en}}.

Saying "and" between [[modifier]]s would be the same thing as listing them.

{{Example|sike loje suli|big (<mark>and</mark>) red ball}}

There is some disagreement over whether to repeat {{tp|[[li]]}} when the first instance is dropped after {{tp|mi}} or {{tp|sina}}, or to make a new sentence. [[Multiple sentences]] might make a clearer distinction between statements like these:

{{Example|mi ike li wile weka.|Those of us who are bad need to go away. (Can also mean:)}}

{{Example|mi ike. mi wile weka.|We are bad <mark>and</mark> we need to go away.}}