I. General

The apostrophe ’ is used as a noun–noun connector in de appe'exima. It links two nouns into a single compound and expresses a relationship equivalent to the English word “of”, but while speaking you just pause for a very short time.

II. Rules

• The apostrophe appears only between two nouns

• A noun must come before and after the apostrophe

• The result functions as one lexical noun

Structure:
NOUN’NOUN

III. Examples

• appe'exima == "land of Exima"

• cap'appe == "the capital of the/a land"

but the apostrophe cannot connect verbs or adjectives