Common words in various languages
| Afrikaans | DAHN-kie | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | fah-leh-meen-DEH-reet | |
| Amharic | a-ma-sag-ge-NAL-loo | |
| Arabic | shoe-KRA-an | |
| Armenian | shno-ra-ka-loo-TYOON | (merci) MEHR-see |
| Azerbaijani | te-shek-kur ed’ram) | |
| Bengali | dhon-no-baad) | |
| Bosnian | HVAH-lah | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | oh-bree-GAH-doo | |
| Bulgarian | bla-go-da-RIA | MEHR-see (merci) |
| Burmese | Kyeizu tin ba de | |
| Chinese Cantonese | daw-DYEH | |
| Chinese Mandarin | shieh-shieh | |
| Croatian | HVAH-lah) | |
| Czech | deh-KOO-yih | |
| Danish | TAHG | |
| Dutch | dahnk oo | dahnk-uh-wel |
Estonian
tänan (TA-nahn) aitäh — more common | ||
| Farsi / Persian
How to say thank you in Persian: xeyli mamnūnam خیلی ممنون merci مرسی | ||
Finnish
kiitos (key-toss) Finns usually greet each other in an informal way, so you can use these greetings in 99% of all situations. Finnish is a Finno-Ugric language spoken only in Finland as the official language and by ethnic Finns elsewhere in Scandinavia. French How to say thank you in French: merci (MEHR-see) | ||
| Georgian | gmahd-lohbt) — formal
გმადლობ (gmahd-lohb) — informal | |
| German | danke (dahn-kah) | |
| Greek | efharisto (ef-hah-rees-TOH) | |
Gujarati
dhanyavaad (Dhan-ya-bad) ધન્યવાદ aabhar આભાર | ||
| Haitian Creole | mesi/anpil (meh-SEE/on-PEEL) | |
Hausa
na gode | ||
Hebrew
toda (toh-dah) .תודה | ||
| Hindi |
sukria (shoo-kree-a) dhanyavād (Dhan-ya-bad) | |
| Hungarian
How to say thank you in Hungarian: köszönöm (KØ-sø-nøm) | ||
Indonesian Bahasa
terima kasih (Tur-EE-mah KAH-see) | ||
| Italian
Thank you in Italian: grazie (GRAHTS-yeh) | ||
| Japanese
Say thank you in Japanese: arigato (ah-ree-GAH-toh) | ||
Kazakh
raqmet (rakh-met) көп рақмет | ||
| Korean
Thank you in Korean: kamsa hamnida (GAM-sah-ham-NEE-da) | ||
Kurdish
spas dikim Kurdish is spoken by about 30 million Kurds in western Asia including parts of Kurdistan, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria. It is one of the Indo-Iranian languages, ranks as the third largest Iranian language, after Persian and Pashto. | ||
Kyrgyz
rakhmat (rah-maat) Kyrgyz is a member of the Kipchak branch of the Turkic language family spoken by over 4 million speakers mainly in Kyrgyzstan, and also in China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkey. | ||
Lao
khawp jai ຂອບໃຈ | ||
Latvian
paldies (PUHL-dyehs) | ||
Lingala
melesi Lingala is a Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a large part of the Republic of the Congo by over 70 million people. | ||
| Lithuanian
Thank you in Lithuanian: ačiū (AH-choo) | ||
Luganda
webale | ||
Macedonian
blagodaram (blah-GOH-dah-rahm) Благодарам | ||
| Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by around 83.1 million Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.
Marshallese kom̧m̧ool — singular kwe emmal — plural Marshallese, also known as Ebon, is a Micronesian language spoken in the Marshall Islands by about 44,000 people. It is an official language of the Marshall Islands, along with English, and is used as the language of instruction in most primary schools. | ||
| Mongolian
How to say thank you in Mongolian: bayarlalaa Баярлалаа | ||
Nepali
dhanyavād (Dhan-ya-bad) ढन्यबाद् | ||
| Norwegian
Say thank you in Norwegian: takk (tahk) | ||
| Pashto
Thank you in Pashto: manana مننه Pashto is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European family spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. It is an official language of Afghanistan along with Dari. | ||
| Polish
Say thank you in Polish: dziekuje (dsyen-koo-yeh) | ||
Portuguese
obrigado (oh-bree-GAH-doo) as a male obrigada (oh-bree-GAH-dah) as a female | ||
Punjabi
tuhādā dhanavāda (Tu-haa-da Dhan-ya-bad) | ||
| Romanian
Say thank you in Romanian: mulţumesc (mool-tzoo-MESK) merci (MEHR-see) | ||
Serbian
hvala (HVAH-lah) xвала | ||
Slovak
Ďakujem (JAH-koo-yehm) | ||
Slovenian
hvala (HVAA-lah) | ||
Somali
mahadsanid (maHAD SaNid) | ||
Spanish
gracias (GRAH-syahs) | ||
Sundanese
hatur nuhun Sundanese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 39 million people mainly in western Java in Indonesia. There are also speakers in Banten, Jakarta, parts of western Central Java and southern Lampung. It is the third most-spoken language in Indonesia. | ||
Swahili
asante (ah-sahn-teh) | ||
| Swedish | tack (tahkk) | |
Tagalog Filipino
salamat po (sa-LAH-maht poh) – formal Salamat (sa-LAH-maht) – informal | ||
| Tajik
Thank you in Tajik: sipos сипос | ||
| Tamil | nan-DREE | |
Tatar
räxmät (rah-mat) Рәхмәт | ||
| Telugu | dhan-ya-BAD-da-loo | |
| Thai
Thank you in Thai: khop khun khaa (cap-coohn KHAA) as a female khob khun krap (cap-coohn KRAP) as a male | ||
Tibetan
thu-je-che ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་། | ||
| Turkish
Thank you in Turkish: tesekkür ederim (teh-sheh-kur eh-deh-rim) Turkish is a Turkic language believed to be of the Altaic language family spoken mainly in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Cyprus and other countries of the former Ottoman Empire by about 88 million people. | ||
Turkmen
sag boluň | ||
| Ukrainian
Thank you in Ukrainian is: dyakuyu (DYAH-koo-yoo) Дякую Ukrainian is an Eastern Slavic language spoken mainly in Ukraine by about 51 million people. | ||
Urdu
ab ka Shukriya آپ کا شکریہ | ||
Uzbek
rahmat (RAH-mat) Uzbek is a Turkic language that is the official national language of Uzbekistan spoken by around 27 million people. | ||
| Vietnamese | cảm ơn bạn (come-un-baan) — formal
cảm ơn (come-un) — casual | |
Yoruba
e dupe | ||
| Zulu
Say thank you in Zulu: ngiyabonga (Nn-i-ya bong-ga) |
