nat, pm. Minus; except; but.

usage: This is handled like a preposition rather than a conjunction, but since the sentence's meaning would be essentially untrue if it were removed (unlike most prepositions, which merely refine the meaning), it does not end in -es. Nouns are joined through adposition, e.g. nat lara a stanai ameré, "Except her, I loved the people," or equivalently a stanai nat lara ameré, "I loved the people except her."