I need a list of the phrase "Thank you" in all languages. Does anyone know of a web site that might have this?
2006-07-14 17:01:09 · 9 answers · asked by WatRuLknAt 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
How Do You Say Thank You?
Every wonder how to say "Thank You" in other languages? I recently asked folks to tell me how to say welcome in their native tongue. Here are the results. Now, you can print print this list, tape it to the door of your store as customers leave, and on the back side, tape the "Welcome" list as they enter. Or, you could simply help us say thank you worldwide.
Here they are...
Afrikaans (Africa) - Dankie
Albanian - Faleminderit
Arabic - Sukran
Arabic - Shukran Gazillan (Thank you very much)
Armenian - shur-nur-ah-gah-lem
Australian - Thoinks, Moite!
Basque Country (between France and Spain) - Eskerrik asko (Thank you very much)
Bengali - Dhannyabad
Bulgarian - Blagodaria
Bosnia - Hvala
Burma(Myanmar) - Jae Zu Din Pa De (Thank you)
Cameroon (Duala) - Na som (thanks)
Cameroon (Duala) - Na som djita (Thank you very much)
Cantonese - M'goy (sp? -- thank you for the service)
Cantonese - Do jey (sp? -- thank you for the gift)
Catalonia (catalan) - gràcies [grah'-si-es] estandard
Catalonia (catalan) - moltes gràcies [many thanks]
Catalonia (catalan) - merci [mer'-si] very colloquial
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
Croatia - Hvala
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)
Estonia - Aitäh
Ewe Togo (Africa) - Akpé (Appé)
Ewe Togo (Africa) - Apké na wo (Thanks to you)
Fijian - Vinaka
Fijiab - Vinaka vaka levu (Thank you very much)
Finnish - kiitos (kee'-toas)
Fon Benin (Africa) - Kpè nu wé
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. (Macedonia) - Hvala
Gambia (Mandinka) - Abarka
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 Paraguay and Western Brazil
Guinea (Mandinka) - Abarka
Gujarathi (India) - Aabar
Hawaiian - Mahalo
Hebrew - Toda (toh-dah')
Hebrew - Toda raba (thank you very much)
Hindi (India National Language) - Dhanyavaad
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)
Iran (Persia) - Moteshakeram (formal)
Iran (Persia) - Merci (informal - just like french but r in this word is pronounced as /r/ )
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 (India) - Dhan-ya-vaadaa (spoken in S India, in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India.)
Konkani (West coast - Konkan coast of India - It also is the state official language of Goa) - Dev boren koru (thank you - literally means " May God do good to you" as that is the way we thank people. )
Korean - Kamsa hamaida (kam'-sah hum-nee-dah' )
Latvian - Paldies
Lithuanian - Achu
Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale (Thank you)
Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale Nyo (Thank you very much)
Malayalam (South Indian Language) - Nandi
Malayalam (India) - Nani
Malaysian - Terima Kasih ("Tay ree ma Kaa seh")
Mali (Mandinka) - Abarka
Mandinka - Abarka (language of West Africa; The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea and Mali)
Maori - Kia Manuia
Nepali -- (Nepal National Language) - Dhan-ya-vaad
New Zealand - Cheers - LOL
New Zealand - Kiaora Koe (NZ Maori)
New Zealand - Kiaora Korua (NZ Maori)
New Zealand - Kiaora Koto (NZ Maori)
New Zealand - Kiaora Tatou (NZ Maori)
Nigeria (Hausa) - Na gode
Norwegian - Takk (tahkk)
Oman - Shakkran
Palauan - soolong (Republic of Palau)
Paraguay (Guarani) - Aguije (ah-we-JAY)
Persian/Farsi - Mam'noon or Mo'teshake'ram (Spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries)
Philippines Tagalog - Salamat
Philippines - Maraming Salamat (thank you very much)
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 [ Pakistan and India] - Bhala Hove
Qatar - Shakkran
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 (Manitoba, Canada) - Miigwech (meegweech) -- there are similar spellings in other native languages such as Cree, etc.
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
Senegal (Mandinka) - Abarka
Serbo - Croat -Hvala
Slovakia – Dakujem (deh'-ku-yem)
South Africa - Dankie ("Dung-Key")
South Africa - Baie Dankie (thanks very much - "Buyer Dung-Key")
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 (Latin America, informal) - Te pasastes. (informal)
Spanish (Latin America, informal) - Se pasó. (formal) Which means "You went over the line", or "thanks for going out of your way to help me". When used, it will get you a smile, guaranteed.
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 (India) - Nandri ("Nun-dry" spoken in South India, Singapore, Malaysia)
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")
U.S. & Canada - Thank You
United States (South) - Thanks y'all
Ukranian - Dyakuyu
Urudu (India) - Shukria
Urudu (India) - Bahut Bahut Shukriyaa
Urdu [Pakistan, India and Bangla Desh] - Maherbani
Urdu (Pakistan) - Shukria
Urdu (Pakistan) -Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very much)
Urdu (Pakistan) - Bahut Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very very much)
Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Rahmat (Thanks)
Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Katta Rahmat (Thanks a lot)
Vietnamese - Kam ouen
Wales/Cymru - Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much)
Wales/Cymru - Diolch (thanks)
Xhosa (Africa) - Nkosi
Yemen - Shakkran
Yiddish - A dank
Yiddish - Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH)
Yoruba - Modupe
Yugoslavia - Hvala
Zulu - Ngiyabonga
2006-07-14 17:05:19 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer B 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It could be fun to collect them over time whenever you meet people, ask them if they know any languages and get the words one at a time. Slower, though.
2006-07-14 17:05:27 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes actually, i just loaded the new Google toolbar and it has a button on there that traslates any words you want in a gazillion languages. Its pretty neat
2016-03-27 05:56:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google it.
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/thankyou.html
2006-07-14 17:05:33 · answer #4 · answered by Starry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FreeTranslation.com
2006-07-14 17:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by locomexican89 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U can go to on-line dictionaries. I can give u one of them. Thank-you in Thai (Thailand) is kawb koon ka for girls and kawb koon kup for guys.
2006-07-14 17:06:42 · answer #6 · answered by cocoaluvva 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
google--but some1 gave u the whole list already lol have fun memorizing :P
2006-07-14 17:06:58 · answer #7 · answered by Steph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was goin to say go to a library full of dictionaries but after jennifer's answer who needs to answer it any further...
2006-07-14 17:09:18 · answer #8 · answered by Hammad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thank you in german - danke
thank you in greek - σας ευχαριστούμε
thank you in - Itelian - thsnk voi
thank you in - Japanese - thsnk
thank you in - portuguese - obrigado
thank you in - Russian - вы
thank you in - spanish - gracias
2006-07-14 17:20:01 · answer #9 · answered by Paul G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋