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How to Say Thank you in Many Different Languages

January 15, 2010 by  
Filed under swedish language

You can never say Thank you enough my grandmother used to teach me. So what better way than to say it in different languages? It’s by far the most important and first word you should learn in any language, especially if you’re traveling in a foreign country and you don’t speak the language! Thank you is a word that makes everyone feel good.

Arabic: Shoukran

Cambodian: Orkun

Chinese (Cantonese): Doh je

Chinese (Mandarin): Xie-xie

Czech:Dekuju

Danish:Tak

Dutch:Dank je wel

Farsi: Motshakayram

Finnish:Kiitos paljo

French: Merci beaucoups

Gaelic: Go raibh maith agat

German:Danke schön

Greek:Evkaristo

Gujarati:Abhar

Hawaiian:Mahalo

Hebrew:Toda raba

Hindi: Shoukriah

Icelandic:Takk

Italian:Grazie

Japanese:Domo arigato

Korean: Kamsu hamnida

Laotian:Kob chie

Latvian:Paldies

Lithuanian:Attyu

Malay:Terima kasih

Mongolian:Vayarla

Norwegian:Tak

Pilipino (Tagalog):Salamat

Polish:Dziekuje bardzo

Portuguese:Obrigado

Romanian:Multimesk

Russian:Spasibo

Somali:Mahadsanid

Spanish:Muchas gracias

Swahili:Asante sana

Swedish:Tack

Thai:Kabkoon krup (man), Kabkoon ka (woman)

Turkish:tesekkurler ederim

Vietnamese:Cam ôn

Welsh:Diolch yn fawr

THANK YOU for reading this article!!

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