Re: Saying "Thank you."
| From: | Sylvia Sotomayor <kelen@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 20, 2001, 5:57 |
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On Sunday 19 August 2001 19:09, Sally Caves wrote:
> How do you say "thank you" in your conlangs?
> How do you analyze it grammatically, and how
> do you pronounce it?
The short form:
leláñ(a) "thanks" pronounced /le-la:-nya/
it comes from the root -láñ- which means "praise"
The long form:
ñi lién anláña "I am praised" pronounced /nyil-yE:n an-la:-nya/
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Sylvia Sotomayor
sylvia1@ix.netcom.com
wa jamú anániTa; (not.be thing.SG one/alone.ADJ)
The Kélen language can be found at:
http://home.netcom.com/~sylvia1/Kelen/kelen.html