Re: Saying "Thank you."

In Fyksian it's the rather Germanic idea as expected:

Tanke - /'tank@/ Thank (you).
Täänkeen - /ta:n'k@/ Thanks (many thanks) / Thankyou so much. Simply just the
plural form of Tanke.

These would be used the same way as in English depending on the situation. But
there's really no difference between them. Usually when it's something that you
didn't expect.

Graag - /xra:x/ Please. Usually said if you want something to be done for you
(the magic word!). But it's sometime said when something is done to you that
you've expected or asked for, or small gestures that you appreciate:

Ex.1 - Your secretary handed you a piece of document you asked him to type up,
and you say: Graag heer. (Thank you sir.)
Ex.2 - Someone held the door for you when you're entering a building: Graag!
Ex.3 - The waitress filled up your glass of water in a restaurant: Graag /
Graag høra. (Thankyou Miss)

And sometimes meant sarcastically like the following example:

A: "I thought you didn't want to keep them, so I threw them away!"
B: "Gee thanks!" ("Graag maar!")

-Kvasir

--- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
> How do you say "thank you" in your conlangs?
> How do you analyze it grammatically, and how
> do you pronounce it?

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