Re: Saying "Thank you."
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 23, 2001, 0:46 |
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Sally Caves wrote:
> How do you say "thank you" in your conlangs?
> How do you analyze it grammatically, and how
> do you pronounce it?
Uamanáakua
Ua-manáa-kua
Gender6-duty-my
Thus, lit. "My duty", probably short for "Kláffa pibaa uamanáakua
tiváa/naváa?", lit. "What is my duty to you?" (tiváa for female, naváa
for male), that is, "How may I repay you?"
Pronounced:
[wAmA'na:'kw_0A]
' indicates following syllable is high pitched
You're welcome is _nlínnilki_ "It is not needed", pronounced
['nr\ennelCi]
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