Asteran Conjunction System

Shape Rule

Asteran conjunctions are usually short particles.

Preferred shapes:

CV with long vowel
VC with long vowel

Examples:

lā, wē, cī, sā, sū, cā, dō, rī, tē, sē, āt

The language avoids conjunctions that look identical to established noun endings such as:

-ēn, -ōn, -am, -ūm, -ās, -īs, -ul, -īl

Coordinating Conjunctions

Asteran	Meaning	Notes
lā	and	from older/longer lan-type form
wē	or	clear, open, easy to chant
cō	but	contrast particle
nac lā	nor / and not	built from negation + and

Examples:

astoram lā malgam cala
= I bind the cantor and the fracture.

astoram wē malgam cala
= I bind the cantor or the fracture.

astor malgam calei cō malc nac caleit
= The cantor binds the fracture, but the fracture is not bound.

astor malgam nac calei nac lā cordam nac sacei
= The cantor does not bind the fracture, nor does he/she/it seal the chord.

Logical and Ritual Connectors

Asteran	Meaning
sā	because
āt	therefore, thus
sū	so that, in order that

Examples:

astor malgam calei sā corda sacrau anei
= The cantor binds the fracture because the chord is sacred.

corda sacrau anei. āt astor malgam calei.
= The chord is sacred. Therefore the cantor binds the fracture.

astor cordam calei sū malc calāreit
= The cantor binds the chord so that the fracture may be bound.

Purpose clauses with sū often use the subjunctive.

Conditional and Concessive Conjunctions

Asteran	Meaning
cī	if
cī nac	unless / if not
mō	although / even though

Examples:

cī malc nac caleit, astor malgam caltei
= If the fracture is not bound, the cantor will bind the fracture.

cī nac malc caleit, astor malgam caltei
= Unless the fracture is bound, the cantor will bind the fracture.

mō malc caleit, astor nac sacrau anei
= Although the fracture is bound, the cantor is not sacred.

Temporal Prepositions vs. Temporal Conjunctions

This is the beautiful pattern.

The preposition is used before a noun.
The conjunction is used before a clause.

The conjunction is formed by dropping the final consonant and lengthening the vowel.

Meaning	Preposition + Noun	Clause Conjunction	Pattern
before	cas	cā	cas → cā
after	dol	dō	dol → dō
during / while	ris	rī	ris → rī
until	ten	tē	ten → tē
since	sen	sē	sen → sē

This means I would replace the old cai with cas for “before + noun,” because cas → cā fits the system much better.

Temporal Prepositions with Nouns

Asteran	Meaning
cas ritalul	before the rite
dol ritalul	after the rite
ris ritalul	during the rite
ten ritalai	until the rite
sen ritalō	since the rite

Temporal Conjunctions with Clauses

Asteran	Meaning
cā	before + clause
dō	after + clause
rī	while + clause
tē	until + clause
sē	since + clause

Examples:

cā astor malgam calrei, malc nac caleit
= Before the cantor bound the fracture, the fracture was not bound.

dō astor malgam calrei, malc caleit
= After the cantor bound the fracture, the fracture was bound.

rī astor cordam calei, malc nac caleit
= While the cantor binds the chord, the fracture is not bound.

astor malgam caltei tē malc caleit
= The cantor will bind the fracture until the fracture is bound.

malc caleit sē astor malgam calrei
= The fracture has been bound since the cantor bound it.

General Time Conjunction

For general when, use:

Asteran	Meaning
cē	when

Example:

cē rital sacrau anrei, astor malgam calrei
= When the rite was sacred, the cantor bound the fracture.