“Thank you” is a polite phrase that we use when we are praised, offered services and given gifts or tokens... It is a universal expression of appreciation of things done to you. It would be great if we learn to say “thank you” in different languages.
The following are some ways to say "thank you" in various languages:
The following are some ways to say "thank you" in various languages:
- Afrikaans (
- Albanian - Faleminderit
- Arabic - Sukran
- Arabic - Shukran Gazillan (Thank you very much)
- Armenian - shur-nur-ah-gah-lem
- Australian - Thoinks, Moite!
- Basque Country (between
- Bengali - Dhannyabad
- Bulgarian - Blagodaria
- Cantonese - M'goy (thank you for the service)
- Cantonese - Do jey (thank you for the gift)
- Cherokee Nation - Wado (Thank you)
- Cherokee (Eastern) - Skee (Thank you)
- Chinese (Mandarin) - Xie_Xie (shieh shieh)
- Chinese (Cantonese) Mh goi (m-ghoh-ee) (informal: thanks)
- Chinese (Cantonese) Do jeh (tou yeh) (formal: thanks)
- Cook Islander - Kia Manuia
- Czech – Dekuji (deh'-ku-yih)
- Danish - tak (tahg)
- Dutch - dank U wel (dahnk you well) (formal: thank you very much)
- Dutch - bedankt / dank je wel (dahnk ye well) (informal: thanks) --- WEL is 'good', like "I wish you well"
- Dutch - Dank U zeer / duizend maal dank (thank you VERY much) --- A superlative and used when you get stuck in a thunderstorm, then lost, mugged, robbed, etc. And someone helps you. Only then. ZEER is 'very'. JE and U are 'you', but informal and formal. (Still alive in old English like in 'ye olde'). "Duizend maal" means a 'thousand times'.
- Dutch - hartelijk dank (thanks from the heart) --- Another formal form used in contexts like: "thanks for coming/inviting" (to a wedding, birthday party) or when receiving a formal present.
- English - Thanks awfully, old boy
- Esperanto - Dankon (thank you)
- Esperanto - Dankegon (thank you very much)
- Ewe
- Ewe
- Fijian - Vinaka
- Fijiab - Vinaka vaka levu (Thank you very much)
- Finnish - kiitos (kee'-toas)
- Fon Benin (
- French - merci (mehr-see')
- French - Merci Madame - Thanks (to a woman)
- French - Merci Mademoiselle - Thanks (to a young girl)
- French - Merci Monsieur - Thanks (to a man)
- F.Y.R.O.M. (
- Georgia(Sakartvelo) - madlobt (thank you)
- Georgia(Sakartvelo) - didi madloba (thank you very much)
- German - Danke (dahn'-kuh)
- German - Danke schoen (literally: nicely thank you, outdated)
- German - Danke sehr (Thank you very much)
- German -Vielen Dank (Many Thanks)
- Greek - Efharisto (ef-har-ris-tou')
- Greek - Efkaristo poly
- Guarani - Aguije (ah-we-JAY) native indian language of
- Gujarathi (
- Hawaiian - Mahalo
- Hebrew - Toda (toh-dah')
- Hebrew - Toda raba (thank you very much)
- Hindi (
- Hindi - Shukriyaa
- Hungarian - Köszönöm (kuh'-suh-nuhm)
- Icelandic - Þakka þér fyrir
- Icelandic - Takk (informal)
- Indonesian - Terima kasih (teh-ri-mah kah-sih)
- Indonesian - Terima Kasih Banjak/Banyak (Both pronounced bunyuk - Thank you very much)
- Irish - Go raibh maith agat ( Thank you "Go - Rev - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have good things)
- Irish - Go raibh mile maith agat ( Thank you very much "Go - Rev - Meela - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have a thousand good things)
- Irish (Northern) - Nice one bro'r, or Cheers mucker!
- Italian - Grazie (grahts'-yeh)
- Italian - Grazie tanto (many thanks - cordial version)
- Italian - Mille Grazie (a thousand thanks)
- Japanese - Arigato (ah-ree-gah'-toh) or A_Ree_Ga_Tou_Go_Zai_Ma_Su
- Japanese - Domo arrigato
- Javanese - Matur nuwun
- Jive - Thanks mon - Appropriate only if directed to a male
- Kannada (
- Konkani (West coast - Konkan coast of
- Korean - Kamsa hamaida (kam'-sah hum-nee-dah' )
- Latvian - Paldies
- Lithuanian - Achu
- Luganda (
- Luganda (
- Malayalam (South Indian Language) - Nandi
- Malayalam (
- Malaysian - Terima Kasih ("
- Mandinka - Abarka (language of West Africa; The Gambia,
- Maori - Kia Manuia
- Nepali -- (Nepal National Language) - Dhan-ya-vaad
- New
- Norwegian - Takk (tahkk)
- Palauan - soolong (
- Persian/Farsi - Mam'noon or Mo'teshake'ram (Spoken in
- Polish - Dziekuje (dsyehn-koo-yeh)
- Portuguese - Obrigada (Female)
- Portuguese - Obrigado (Male) (oh-bree-gah'-doh)
- Portuguese - Muito Obrigado (Thank you very much)
- Portuguese - Muito Obrigado com Voce (have my personal thanks)
- Punjabi [
- Romanian - Multumesc (phonetic: mooltzoomeask)
- Romanian - Va multumim frumos (great thanks)
- Russian - Spasiba (spah-see'-boh)
- Russian - Blagodaryu (a little official)
- Russian - Premnogo blagodaren (my greater thanks - words said to bosses by workers)
- Russian - Spasibo balshoye (big thanks)
- Samoan - Fa'afetai (fah-ah-feh-ta-e - thank you)
- Samoan - Fa'afetai tele lava (Thank you very much)
- Samoan - Talofa
- Saulteaux Indians (
- Scottish - Cheers
- Scot's Gaelic (Informal) - Tapadh Leat (tah-puh let)
- Scot's Gaelic (Formal) - Tapadh Leibh (tah-puh lave)
- Scot's Gaelic (Many Thanks) - Moran Taing
- Serbo - Croat -Hvala
- Spanish - Gracias (grah'-syas)
- Spanish - Gracias a todos (Thank you all)
- Spanish - Muchas gracias (thank you very much, literally: many thanks) --- While Dutch people scarcely use the superlative forms, the Spanish don't use the minimalistic forms much (mostly in informal context). In Spanish, when a flyer is shoved into your hands, its worth a 'gracias', you normally use 'muchas gracias'.
- Spanish - Muchisimas gracias (thank you VERY much) - to someone who was useful to you.
- Spanish - un millón de gracias (a million thanks) - for when someone saves your life.
- Spanish (
- Spanish (
- Sundanese - Nuhun
- Sunda - Hatur Nuhun
- Swahili - Ahsante (ah-sahn'-teh)
- Swahili - Ahsante Sana (Thank you very much)
- Swedish - Tack (tahkk)
- Swedish - Tack så mycket
- Tahitian - Maururu
- Tamil (
- Teenager -
- Telungu (South Indian Language)- Manjuthe
- Thai - Khob Khun Kha (Feminine)
- Thai - Khob Khun Krab (Masculine)
- Thai - Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much)
- Thai - Khop Khun Mak Kha (Feminine)
- Thai - Khob Khun Mak Krab (Masculine)
- Thai - Khob Pra Khun Kha (Formal feminine)
- Thai - Khob Pra Khun Krab (Formal masculine)
- Tibetan - Thuk Ji Chhe
- Turkish - Tesekkurler ( teh-sheh-keur eh-deh-rim)
- Turkish - Çok tesekkur ederim (big thanks)
- Turkish - Saðol (thank you)
- Turkish - Saðolun (thank you - "saol")
- Turkish - Tesekkurler (thanks - "teshekkyurler")
- Ukranian - Dyakuyu
- Urudu (
- Urudu (
- Urdu [
- Urdu (
- Urdu (
- Urdu (
- Vietnamese - Kam ouen
- Wales/Cymru - Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much)
- Wales/Cymru - Diolch (thanks)
- Xhosa (
- Yiddish - A dank
- Yiddish - Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH)
- Yoruba - Modupe
- Zulu - Ngiyabonga
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You need these words during your gap year in Africa
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