Say Thanks in Different Languages
In the world, there are thousands of different languages, some well known, some not. That means that more than once, we will interact with someone who speaks another language. In the world, Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language, with English coming in second. When we interact with someone who speaks another language, we should still remember common courtesy, which includes thanking that person or that group. It is always good to know how to say thank you in different languages. If you know not another foreign word, you should know how to thank someone.
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Saying Thanks in Different Languages
- Select the languages that you would like to say thank you in. There are about 20 common ones, and thousands of uncommon languages.
- Look in a book. If it's a common language you can look up the spellings and perhaps the phonology, in a book. Saying the words with the phonemes of your language isn't saying them correctly, but it might be enough. You could certainly find tapes, or other texts that make your approximation better by giving you an example of a way to practice saying it.
- Consult an expert. If the language you are working with is uncommon, your translation will be much harder to find. You could try long distance telephone calls.
- Do a search on the internet, such go through all the languages you want. Or just simply say "Say thank you in foreign languages".
- Find it on this list:
- Afrikaans: Dankie
- Arabic: شُكْرًا (Pronounced: chok-ran)
- Armenian: Shnorhakalutiun
- Bahasa Indonesia : Terima Kasih
- Bosnian: Hvala
- Bulgarian: Blagodariya
- Catalan. Gràcies
- Chinese (Mandarin): Xie Xie (谢谢）(Pronounced: Shyeh Shyeh)
- Croatian: Hvala
- Czech: Dekuju or Dekujeme
- Danish: Tak
- Finnish:Kiitos (sounds like: KEE-toes)
- French: Merci
- German: Danke or Dankeschön
- Greek: Efharisto
- Irish: Go raibh maith agat. (Sounds like: Gurrum MAH agut [Leinster dialect])
- Italian: Grazie
- Maltese: Grazzi
- Norwegian: Takk
- Persian: Mamnun or Mersi(Informal)
- Polish: Dziękuję
- Portuguese: Obrigado
- Spanish: Gracias
- Swahili: Asante
- Swedish: Tack
- Tamil: Nandri (நன்றி) (pronounce as nan-ri)
- Turkish: Teshekur ederim
- Urdu: Shokriya (pronounced shook-ree-ah)
- Vietnamese: Cam On (pronounced caam-ungh)
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