Common words in various languages
Language | Thank you | |
---|---|---|
Albanian | fah-leh-meen-DEH-reet | |
Amharic | a-ma-sag-ge-NAL-loo | |
Arabic | shoe-KRA-an | |
Armenian | shno-ra-ka-loo-TYOON; merci | |
Azerbaijani | te-shek-kur ed’ram) | |
Bengali | dhon-no-baad) | |
Bosnian | HVAH-lah | |
Brazilian Portuguese | oh-bree-GAH-doo | |
Bulgarian | bla-go-da-RIA; 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 |
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 | GAM-sah-ham-NEE-da (kamsa hamnida) | |
Kurdish
spas dikim | ||
Kyrgyz
rakhmat (rah-maat) | ||
Lao
khawp jai ຂອບໃຈ | ||
Latvian
paldies (PUHL-dyehs) | ||
Lingala
melesi | ||
Lithuanian
ačiū (AH-choo) | ||
Luganda
webale | ||
Macedonian
blagodaram (blah-GOH-dah-rahm) Благодарам | ||
Marathi | dhanyavad | |
Mongolian | bayarlalaa Баярлалаа | |
Nepali | dhanyavād (Dhan-ya-bad) | |
Norwegian
takk (tahk) | ||
Pashto
Thank you in Pashto: manana | ||
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 | ||
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
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) | ||
Turkmen
sag boluň | ||
Ukrainian
dyakuyu (DYAH-koo-yoo) Дякую | ||
Urdu
ab ka Shukriya آپ کا شکریہ | ||
Uzbek
rahmat (RAH-mat) | ||
Vietnamese | cảm ơn bạn (come-un-baan) — formal
cảm ơn (come-un) — casual | |
Yoruba
e dupe | ||
Zulu
ngiyabonga (Nn-i-ya bong-ga) |