Sally Caves scripsit:
> Hello fellow language cobblers.
>
> I want to send an email expressing thanks
> to Brenda Tremblay at WXXI for setting up
> that NPR interview with me, and I'd like your
> permission to forward her some of the most
> interesting remarks you posted.
Fine with me, assuming I made any interesting remarks.
> How do you say "thank you" in your conlangs?
Lojban "ki'e" = "Thank you."
Lojban "ki'e doi brendas" = "Thanks, Brenda".
> How do you analyze it grammatically,
Not analyzable, but can be followed by a vocative marker (doi)
and a name; names must end in consonants.
> and how do you pronounce it?
['kihE doi 'brEndas]
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