Common words in various languages
| Language | Thank you | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | DAHN-kie | |
| Albanian | fah-leh-meen-DEH-reet | |
| Amharic | a-ma-sag-ge-NAL-loo | |
| Arabic | shoe-KRA-an | |
| Armenian | shno-ra-ka-loo-TYOON | (merci) MEHR-see |
| Azerbaijani | te-shek-kur ed’ram) | |
| Bengali | dhon-no-baad) | |
| Bosnian | HVAH-lah | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | oh-bree-GAH-doo | |
| Bulgarian | bla-go-da-RIA | MEHR-see (merci) |
| Burmese | Kyeizu tin ba de | |
| Chinese Cantonese | daw-DYEH | |
| Chinese Mandarin | shieh-shieh | |
| Croatian | HVAH-lah) | |
| Czech | deh-KOO-yih | |
| Danish | TAHG | |
| Dutch | dahnk oo | dahnk-uh-wel |
Estonian
tänan (TA-nahn) aitäh — more common | ||
| Farsi / Persian | HKEJ-li mam-NOON-am; merci | |
Finnish
kiitos (key-toss) | ||
| French
How to say thank you in French: merci (MEHR-see) | ||
| Georgian | gmahd-lohbt) — formal
გმადლობ (gmahd-lohb) — informal | |
| German | danke (dahn-kah) | |
| Greek | efharisto (ef-hah-rees-TOH) | |
Gujarati
dhanyavaad (Dhan-ya-bad) ધન્યવાદ aabhar આભાર | ||
| Haitian Creole | mesi/anpil (meh-SEE/on-PEEL) | |
Hausa
na gode | ||
Hebrew
toda (toh-dah) .תודה | ||
| Hindi |
sukria (shoo-kree-a) dhanyavād (Dhan-ya-bad) | |
| Hungarian
How to say thank you in Hungarian: köszönöm (KØ-sø-nøm) | ||
Indonesian Bahasa
terima kasih (Tur-EE-mah KAH-see) | ||
| Italian
Thank you in Italian: grazie (GRAHTS-yeh) | ||
| Japanese
Say thank you in Japanese: arigato (ah-ree-GAH-toh) | ||
Kazakh
raqmet (rakh-met) көп рақмет | ||
| Korean
Thank you in Korean: kamsa hamnida (GAM-sah-ham-NEE-da) | ||
Kurdish
spas dikim | ||
Kyrgyz
rakhmat (rah-maat) | ||
Lao
khawp jai ຂອບໃຈ | ||
Latvian
paldies (PUHL-dyehs) | ||
Lingala
melesi | ||
| Lithuanian
Thank you in Lithuanian: ačiū (AH-choo) | ||
Luganda
webale | ||
Macedonian
blagodaram (blah-GOH-dah-rahm) Благодарам | ||
| Marathi | dhanyavad | |
| Mongolian | bayarlalaa Баярлалаа | |
| Nepali | dhanyavād (Dhan-ya-bad) ढन्यबाद् | |
Norwegian
takk (tahk) | ||
| Pashto
Thank you in Pashto: manana | ||
| Polish
Say thank you in Polish: dziekuje (dsyen-koo-yeh) | ||
Portuguese
obrigado (oh-bree-GAH-doo) as a male obrigada (oh-bree-GAH-dah) as a female | ||
Punjabi
tuhādā dhanavāda (Tu-haa-da Dhan-ya-bad) | ||
| Romanian
Say thank you in Romanian: mulţumesc (mool-tzoo-MESK) merci (MEHR-see) | ||
Serbian
hvala (HVAH-lah) xвала | ||
Slovak
Ďakujem (JAH-koo-yehm) | ||
Slovenian
hvala (HVAA-lah) | ||
Somali
mahadsanid (maHAD SaNid) | ||
Spanish
gracias (GRAH-syahs) | ||
Sundanese
hatur nuhun Sundanese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 39 million people mainly in western Java in Indonesia. There are also speakers in Banten, Jakarta, parts of western Central Java and southern Lampung. It is the third most-spoken language in Indonesia. | ||
Swahili
asante (ah-sahn-teh) | ||
| Swedish | tack (tahkk) | |
Tagalog Filipino
salamat po (sa-LAH-maht poh) – formal Salamat (sa-LAH-maht) – informal | ||
| Tajik
Thank you in Tajik: sipos сипос | ||
| Tamil | nan-DREE | |
Tatar
räxmät (rah-mat) Рәхмәт | ||
| Telugu | dhan-ya-BAD-da-loo | |
| Thai
Thank you in Thai: khop khun khaa (cap-coohn KHAA) as a female khob khun krap (cap-coohn KRAP) as a male | ||
Tibetan
thu-je-che ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་། | ||
| Turkish
Thank you in Turkish: tesekkür ederim (teh-sheh-kur eh-deh-rim) Turkish is a Turkic language believed to be of the Altaic language family spoken mainly in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Cyprus and other countries of the former Ottoman Empire by about 88 million people. | ||
Turkmen
sag boluň | ||
| Ukrainian
Thank you in Ukrainian is: dyakuyu (DYAH-koo-yoo) Дякую Ukrainian is an Eastern Slavic language spoken mainly in Ukraine by about 51 million people. | ||
Urdu
ab ka Shukriya آپ کا شکریہ | ||
Uzbek
rahmat (RAH-mat) Uzbek is a Turkic language that is the official national language of Uzbekistan spoken by around 27 million people. | ||
| Vietnamese | cảm ơn bạn (come-un-baan) — formal
cảm ơn (come-un) — casual | |
Yoruba
e dupe | ||
| Zulu
Say thank you in Zulu: ngiyabonga (Nn-i-ya bong-ga) |
