หฃ ... um ... um: X `and' Y

• วย็ฃ ผิํฃ ุฝิุลิฃ avar-um naan-um pooroom `He AND I are going.'

• ผิจ ืภ�เ ผิฤิ ถิคฝีน้ฃ โฺ๕ด้ฃ ษงืม naan rendu naalaa saappidavum tuungavum ille `I didn't sleep or eat for two days.'

The constituents must be of the same type in order for them to be conjoined, i.e., two nouns, two verbs (infinitives, or AVP's), two adverbs, etc. can be conjoined, but not one noun and one adjective, for example. Sentences cannot be conjoined with หฃ ... หฃ; another method, discussed in § [xxx], must be used.