Give Thanks in 30 Languages Posted by meaghan on Nov 12, 2014 in Archived Posts
‘Tis the season for being thankful. But you know what sounds a whole lot cooler than “thank you”? Merci, gracias, or takk. Spread a little multicultural gratitude this holiday season by learning 20 different ways to say “thank you.”
| English | Thank you |
| Arabic | شكرا |
| Croatian | Hvala |
| Danish | Tak |
| Dutch | Dank u wel |
| French | Merci |
| German | Danke |
| Greek | Ευχαριστώ |
| Haitian Creole | Mèsi |
| Hebrew | תודה |
| Hindi | धन्यवाद |
| Hungarian | Köszönöm |
| Indonesian | Terima kasih |
| Irish | Go raibh maith agat |
| Italian | Grazie |
| Japanese | ありがとう |
| Korean | 감사합니다 |
| Mandarin | 谢谢 |
| Norwegian | Takk |
| Polish | Dziękuję |
| Russian | Cпасибо |
| Spanish | Gracias |
| Swahili | Asante |
| Swedish | Tack |
| Tagalog | Salamat pô |
| Thai | ขอบคุณ |
| Turkish | Teşekkür ederim |
| Urdu | شکریہ |
| Vietnamese | Cảm ơn |
| Zulu | Ngiyabonga |
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About the Author: meaghan
Meaghan is the Marketing Communications Manager at Transparent Language. She speaks enough French and Spanish to survive, and remembers enough Hausa to say "Hello my name is Meaghan, I'm studying Hausa." (But sadly that's it).
Comments:
Simona:
Multumesc! ( romanian)
meaghan:
@Simona Multumesc for adding to our list!
Stuart:
For the thirteen on that list I didn’t know, a sincere kia ora, as we say in Aotearoa.
Ailís Nic Liam:
One quick thing: “Go raibh maith agat” is correct in Irish if you’re only speaking to one person. If you’re speaking to more than one person, it’s “Go raibh maith agaibh.”
Transparent Language:
@Ailís Nic Liam Thanks for the grammar tip! Very important distinction. 🙂