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How to Say Thank You
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Thank You in Lots of Languages.
There's a way to say thank you in virtually all countries. Isn't it nice to know everyone is so polite?
Have you ever wondered how to say thank you in Chinese? Or maybe you know how to say it in Spanish but do you know how to spell it? Here you'll find thank you's for dozens of languages. Maybe you don't have occasion to say "kam sah hamnida" in everyday conversation but it could be a nice touch in a thank you note. For example, say you're thanking a business associate from Japan for his time. You might not want to try translating your entire letter into Japanese, but you could always add "arigatô" at the end. Just don't get that mixed up with "obrigado" unless your business associate also speaks Portuguese.
| in brown: phonetical transcription | |
LANGUAGE | TRANSLATION |
| AFRIKAANS | dankie, dahn-kee |
| ALBANIAN | faleminderit |
| ALSATIAN | merci |
| ARABIC | shukran, shoe-krahn |
| TUNISIAN ARABIC | Barak Allahu fiik |
| ARMENIAN | chnorakaloutioun |
| AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH | ta (informal) |
| AZERI | çox sag olun / tesekkur edirem |
| BAMBARA | a ni kié |
| BASQUE | eskerrik asko (southern basque) / milesker (northern basque) |
| BELARUSIAN | Дзякую (dziakuju) |
| BENGALI | dhanyabaad |
| BOBO | a ni kié |
| BOSNIAN | hvala |
| BRETON | trugéré / trugaré / trugarez |
| BULGARIAN | merci / blagodaria |
| BURMESE | (thint ko) kyay tzu tin pa te |
| CATALAN | gràcies |
| CEBUANO | salamat |
| CHINESE, Cantonese | do jeh, daw-dyeh |
| CHINESE, Mandarin | xiè xie, syeh-syeh |
| CORSICAN | grazie |
| CROATIAN | hvala |
| CZECH | děkuji, deh-ku-yih |
| DANISH | tak, tahg |
| DUTCH | dank u wel / dank je wel |
| ESPERANTO | dankon |
| ESTONIAN | tänan / tänan väga (thank you very much) |
| EWÉ | akpé |
| FAROESE | takk fyri |
| FIDJIAN | vinaka |
| FINNISH | kiitos, kee-toas |
| FRENCH | merci, mehr-see |
| FRISIAN | dankewol |
| FRIULAN | gracie |
| GALICIAN | gracias / graciñas |
| GERMAN | danke, dahn-kah |
| GREEK | ευχαριστώ, ef-har-rih-stowe |
| GUARANÍ | aguyjé |
| GUJARATI | aabhar |
| HAITIAN CREOLE | mèsi |
| HAWAIIAN | mahalo |
| HEBREW | toda, toh-dah |
| HINDI | dhanyavad OR sukria, shoo-kree-a |
| HUNGARIAN | köszönöm |
| ICELANDIC | takk |
| INDONESIAN | terima kasih, t'ree-ma kas-seh |
| IRISH GAELIC | go raibh maith agat |
| ITALIAN | grazie, gra-see |
| JAPANESE | arigatô, ahree-gah-tow |
| KABYLIAN | tanemirt |
| KANNADA | dhanyavadagalu |
| KHMER | akun |
| KIRUNDI | murakoze |
| KOREAN | kamsah hamnida, kahm-sah ham-nee-da |
| KOTOKOLI | sobodi |
| KRIO | tenki |
| KURDISH | spas |
| LAO | khob chai (deu) |
| LATIN | gratias ago (from 1 person) gratias agimus (from more than 1 person) |
| LATVIAN | paldies |
| LEBANESE | choukrane |
| LITHUANIAN | aciu |
| LOW SAXON | bedankt / dank ju wel |
| LUXEMBOURGEOIS | merci |
| MACEDONIAN | blagodaram |
| MALAGASY | misaotra |
| MALAY | terima kasih |
| MALAYALAM | nanni |
| MALTESE | niżżik ħajr / grazzi / nirringrazzjak |
| MARATHI | aabhari aahe / aabhar / dhanyavaad |
| MONGOLIAN | (Баярлалаа), bayarlalaa |
| NORWEGIAN | takk, tahk |
| OCCITAN | mercé / grandmercé |
| PAPIAMENTO | danki |
| PERSIAN | motashakkeram, mamnun (formal) / mochchakkeram, mamnun, mersi (informal) |
| POLISH | dziękuję, dsyen-koo-yeh |
| PORTUGUESE | obrigado (male speaking) / obrigada (female speaking), oh-bree-gah-doh (or dah ) |
| ROMANI | najis tuke |
| ROMANIAN | mulţumesc |
| RUSSIAN | спасибо, spah-see-boh |
| SAMOAN | faafetai lava |
| SARDINIAN | gratzias |
| SCOTTISH GAELIC | tapadh leat (singular, familiar) tapadh leibh (plural, respectful) |
| SERBIAN | hvala |
| SHIMAORE | marahaba |
| SHONA | waita (plural: maita) |
| SINDHI | meharbani |
| SINHALA | stuutiyi |
| SLOVAK | dakujem |
| SLOVENIAN | hvala |
| SOBOTA | hvala |
| SPANISH | gracias or muchas gracias, gra-see-us or moo-chas gra-see-us |
| SWAHILI | asante, ah-sahn-teh |
| SWEDISH | tack, tahkk |
| TAGALOG | salamat po, sah-lah-maht poh |
| TAHITIAN | mauruuru |
| TAMIL | nandri; none-dree |
| TATAR | rahmat |
| THAI | kop khun kha - woman speaking; kop khun krahp - man speaking |
| TIGRINYA | yekeniele |
| TURKISH | tesekkur ederim, teh-sheh-kur eh-deh-rim |
| UDMURT | tau |
| UKRAINIAN | diakuiu |
| URDU | shukriya |
| WALOON ("betchfessîs" spelling) | gråces / merci thank you very much : gråces (merci) traze côps, gråces (merci) beacôp |
| WELSH | diolch |
| WEST INDIAN CREOLE | mèsi |
| WOLOF | djiere dieuf |
| XHOSA | enkosi |
| YIDDISH | a dank |
| YORUBA | o sheun |
| ZULU | ngiyabonga (literally means : I give thanks) siyabonga (we give thanks) ngiyabonga kakhulu (thanks very much) |
That's all the thank you's in other languages I've got so far! Return from Languages: How to Say Thank You to Home
