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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSay "thanks" or "thank you" in a different language. You may use Google. Please give the language and country/region.
Say thanks in the language of your ancestors, friends. or really anyone. . Edit.
dyakuna---Ukrainian.
Norwegian for "thank you very much". Literally "a thousand thanks!"
debm55
(54,124 posts)LearnedHand
(5,203 posts)For heartfelt thanks (more or less).
debm55
(54,124 posts)Walleye
(43,564 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)sinkingfeeling
(56,961 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)dem4decades
(13,494 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)3catwoman3
(28,387 posts)Not sure why I know that.
debm55
(54,124 posts)dem4decades
(13,494 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)
debm55
(54,124 posts)zanana1
(6,457 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)Behind the Aegis
(55,819 posts)תּוֹדָה רַבָּה
Hebrew
debm55
(54,124 posts)Behind the Aegis
(55,819 posts)"Thank you very much" in Ladino, a language spoken by Iberian Jews.
מירסי מונג׳ו
On edit: I am not 100% about the pronunciation. I have only read it and haven't heard it spoken...yet! Well, there is one Chanukkah song I have heard in Ladino.
debm55
(54,124 posts)surfered
(10,719 posts)Its "Danke schön" In Germany.
In the UK I assume its bugger off based on their response when I offer them driving advice.
debm55
(54,124 posts)fargone
(533 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)dickthegrouch
(4,224 posts)CanonRay
(15,871 posts)Albanian
debm55
(54,124 posts)Harker
(17,216 posts)Irish Gaelic, to multiple people.
debm55
(54,124 posts)3catwoman3
(28,387 posts)Japanese.
I lived there for 2 years while in the Air Force. Americans often shortened it to Domo, which may not have been proper.
debm55
(54,124 posts)subterranean
(3,738 posts)Japanese also often just say "domo" in casual conversation, but not in more formal situations. (I spent more than a decade living in Japan.)
Aloha!
Sailingdiver
(331 posts)Universal thank you is Khop Khun, add Ka if you're female or Krub if you're male.
More casual vesrion is Khob jai
And, of course there is the non-verbal wai used to thank elders of those in positions of authority.
debm55
(54,124 posts)Dear_Prudence
(987 posts)Online sources say this is Thai.
debm55
(54,124 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,083 posts)Polish
sounds like Jen-ku-ya
debm55
(54,124 posts)Navajo
debm55
(54,124 posts)catbyte
(38,464 posts)Thank you in my tribe's language, Ojibwe. The Odawa and Pottawatomie tribes also use this word. They are Michigan tribes and are known as People of the Three Fires or Anishinaabe ("The People." )
debm55
(54,124 posts)Samoan
debm55
(54,124 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)GP6971
(37,489 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)doc03
(38,737 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)Laurelin
(754 posts)It does sound like danka though!
debm55
(54,124 posts)doc03
(38,737 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)Dear_Prudence
(987 posts)In Hindi, India. I don't think I pronounce it right because I have gotten a blank stare when I tried it out. But maybe the Indians spoke one of the other many many languages of India.
debm55
(54,124 posts)CrispyQ
(40,542 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(1,552 posts)Scots Gaelic.
Of course, I chose to learn a language that appealed thanks to my heritage (GGF left the Orkneys for the US via Canada and doomed us all to get stuck here) that will probably never benefit me outside of a soul connection. I really should have trolled the interwebs for a braw Scotsman (or Canadian!) to take me away from all this when I was young enough to score one
debm55
(54,124 posts)Tha fàilte ort, Deb!
debm55
(54,124 posts)Cirsium
(3,260 posts)Tack så mycket!
(Svensk)
debm55
(54,124 posts)Or Dank je wel (informal) or Dank u wel (formal)
Dutch
debm55
(54,124 posts)Laurelin
(754 posts)I think Swedish is tack, but I got that from ikea
debm55
(54,124 posts)Marie Marie
(10,806 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)RandySF
(80,493 posts)Tagalog Wife is Filipino.
debm55
(54,124 posts)livetohike
(23,904 posts)Slovak
debm55
(54,124 posts)SWBTATTReg
(25,960 posts)Background
The Meaning of Life (1983) Musical 1.8s
Thank you very much, sir.
Background
A Clockwork Orange (1971) 1.7s
Thank you very much, sir.
Background
The Office (2005) - S05E06 Customer Survey 1.3s
Thank you very much, sir.
Background
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) - S06E01 Meet The Blacks 1.5s
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
debm55
(54,124 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,559 posts)In northern Italy it's almost a 3 syllable word. The "ay" sound at the end is swallowed a bit.
In our house, it was just a 2 syllable word. grahtz-ee
I also leaned spasibo in HS Russian class. One of about 20 words I remember.
debm55
(54,124 posts)dickthegrouch
(4,224 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)Emile
(39,897 posts)Dutch Flemish
debm55
(54,124 posts)Asante is 'thank you' in Swahili. As spoken in Kenya, Africa.
debm55
(54,124 posts)fernlady
(36 posts)Danke in Limburgish, spoken in Wallonia.
Bonus points if you know where Wallonia is.
debm55
(54,124 posts)Where the Walloons live. Southern Belgium.
debm55
(54,124 posts)KitFox
(488 posts)My Irish grandma didnt speak Gaelic but her way of saying thank you would always include saying Bless you my dear. So, Deb, Thank you and bless you my dear for all the wonderful posts!😊
debm55
(54,124 posts)ramblin_dave
(1,562 posts)Moroccan Arabic (Darija). Pronounce according to French rules. In English Shoo-kren buh-zeff.
https://www.tiktok.com/@moroccanarabiclanguage/video/7067981630887021826
debm55
(54,124 posts)debm55
(54,124 posts)lpbk2713
(43,239 posts)In Esperanto
debm55
(54,124 posts)sheshe2
(95,259 posts)Pig Latin
debm55
(54,124 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,802 posts)Many thanks. Basque, Euskera.
debm55
(54,124 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,802 posts)Also the United States, and all of Latin America except Brazil.
debm55
(54,124 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,157 posts)V Russkij yazike.
Transliterated of course.
debm55
(54,124 posts)SheltieLover
(75,596 posts)I do admit I had to look it up.
debm55
(54,124 posts)kimbutgar
(26,590 posts)One class recently had children who spoke Thai, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Mexican and Ukrainian! They all said please and thank you for me! I always say those words are the most important ones to use!
debm55
(54,124 posts)Thank you kimbutgar and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Old Crank
(6,538 posts)Greek.