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Re: Saying "Thank you."

From:Jesse Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Monday, August 20, 2001, 18:17
> Also, I'd like to ask you if you > would volunteer your words for "thank you" in > your languages, so she can get a taste of it.
In Yivríndil, "daroivosa." Lit "to my happiness". The asking formula goes: When asking, say, "talma'ísona", lit. "by your grace" The one giving then says "enaivona", lit "by my pleasure," and gives what's asked for. If the giver must refuse, he says, "iloivona, al mét" lit. "by my sorrow, I cannot." The one receiving then says, "daroivosa," lit. "to my happiness." Jesse S. Bangs Pelíran jaspax @juno.com "There is enough light for those that desire only to see, and enough darkness for those of a contrary disposition." --Blaise Pascal