Re: Saying "Thank you."

> Sally Caves wrote:
> 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.
There are different ways in Obrenje... I haven't given that much thought yet.

<vuga>       /Bu:ga/          "Thanks."  (Noun)
<vuga lew>   /Bu:galEw/       "Thanks to you."
<vukeze il>  /BW"ke:Zil/      "I thank you."
<ovukerde>   /OBW"kErd@/      "That you be thanked."

(I use /W/ for unrounded /u/.  Is that appropriate?)

Other expressions might be used among friends or in special situations,
such as:

<mole i guq drunje>  /"mo:li-gWN"drWnj/  "You're too kind."

The usual retort to a thanking would be something along the lines of:

<kwomow>             /kwO"mOw/           "Willingly."
<naquze i caja>      /na"Nu:Zi-"haja/    "I liked the doing."
<cenow bla il>       /sE"nOwbla"i-l/     "Only for you."


-- Christian Thalmann