The interjection pjut means "received" or "accepted" (cognate with the verb pjutmi "to receive", "to accept"), and is used to express gratitude:
pjuttaunaimi bolu?
| pjut-tau-ai-mi |
| receive-2sg.p-q-v |
| bol-u |
| cargo-pat |
Did you receive the cargo?
pjut.
| pjut |
| received |
Yes, thank you.
A more elaborate form of expressing gratitude uses the verb pjutmi with the dative ipftu:
pjutemi ipftektu.
| pjut-en-mi |
| thank-1sg-v |
| ipf-tek-tu. |
| eye-2sg-dat |
I thank you!
pjutmatmi ipftaitu.
| pjut-mat-mi |
| thank-1pl-v |
| ipf-tai-tu |
| eye-2pl-dat |
We thank you all!
The response is usually the idiom:
ipfemi ipftektu.
| ipf-en-mi |
| eye-1sg-v |
| ipf-tek-tu |
| eye-2sg-dat |
You're welcome.
ipfmatmi ipftaitu.
| ipf-mat-mi |
| eye-1pl-v |
| ipf-tai-tu |
| eye-2pl-dat |
You're welcome.
Often shortened to simply:
ipftektu.
| ipf-tek-tu |
| eye-2sg-dat |
You're welcome.
ipftaitu.
| ipf-tai-tu |
| eye-2pl-dat |
You're welcome.