Direct Address

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When addressing someone by name, the name follows the vocative particle ma:

Tewti, ma Prrton! Plltxe nga nìltsan!
Wow, Britton! You speak well!

There has been some speculation in the LearnNavi.org forum that ma may indicate formality, but there is no hint of this in the interviews with Frommer. In this radio interview he explicitly calls ma "vocative."