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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.
cos dem
(943 posts)Norwegian for "thank you very much". Literally "a thousand thanks!"
debm55
(60,612 posts)LearnedHand
(5,496 posts)For heartfelt thanks (more or less).
debm55
(60,612 posts)Walleye
(44,803 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,835 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)dem4decades
(14,057 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)3catwoman3
(29,406 posts)Not sure why I know that.
debm55
(60,612 posts)dem4decades
(14,057 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)
debm55
(60,612 posts)zanana1
(6,488 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)Behind the Aegis
(56,108 posts)תּוֹדָה רַבָּה
Hebrew
debm55
(60,612 posts)Behind the Aegis
(56,108 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
(60,612 posts)surfered
(13,463 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
(60,612 posts)fargone
(625 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)dickthegrouch
(4,516 posts)CanonRay
(16,171 posts)Albanian
debm55
(60,612 posts)Harker
(17,784 posts)Irish Gaelic, to multiple people.
debm55
(60,612 posts)3catwoman3
(29,406 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
(60,612 posts)subterranean
(3,762 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
(365 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
(60,612 posts)Dear_Prudence
(1,172 posts)Online sources say this is Thai.
debm55
(60,612 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,464 posts)Polish
sounds like Jen-ku-ya
debm55
(60,612 posts)amerikat
(5,217 posts)Navajo
debm55
(60,612 posts)catbyte
(39,152 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
(60,612 posts)nini
(16,830 posts)Samoan
debm55
(60,612 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)GP6971
(38,013 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)doc03
(39,086 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)Laurelin
(897 posts)It does sound like danka though!
debm55
(60,612 posts)doc03
(39,086 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)Dear_Prudence
(1,172 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
(60,612 posts)CrispyQ
(40,969 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(1,931 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
(60,612 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(1,931 posts)Tha fàilte ort, Deb!
debm55
(60,612 posts)Cirsium
(3,943 posts)Tack så mycket!
(Svensk)
debm55
(60,612 posts)Laurelin
(897 posts)Or Dank je wel (informal) or Dank u wel (formal)
Dutch
debm55
(60,612 posts)Laurelin
(897 posts)I think Swedish is tack, but I got that from ikea
debm55
(60,612 posts)Marie Marie
(11,308 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)RandySF
(84,263 posts)Tagalog Wife is Filipino.
debm55
(60,612 posts)livetohike
(24,282 posts)Slovak
debm55
(60,612 posts)SWBTATTReg
(26,257 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
(60,612 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,700 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
(60,612 posts)dickthegrouch
(4,516 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)Emile
(42,289 posts)Dutch Flemish
debm55
(60,612 posts)Asante is 'thank you' in Swahili. As spoken in Kenya, Africa.
debm55
(60,612 posts)fernlady
(36 posts)Danke in Limburgish, spoken in Wallonia.
Bonus points if you know where Wallonia is.
debm55
(60,612 posts)Cirsium
(3,943 posts)Where the Walloons live. Southern Belgium.
debm55
(60,612 posts)KitFox
(566 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
(60,612 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
(60,612 posts)debm55
(60,612 posts)lpbk2713
(43,273 posts)In Esperanto
debm55
(60,612 posts)sheshe2
(97,622 posts)Pig Latin
debm55
(60,612 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,835 posts)Many thanks. Basque, Euskera.
debm55
(60,612 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,835 posts)Also the United States, and all of Latin America except Brazil.
debm55
(60,612 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,578 posts)V Russkij yazike.
Transliterated of course.
debm55
(60,612 posts)SheltieLover
(80,454 posts)I do admit I had to look it up.
debm55
(60,612 posts)kimbutgar
(27,248 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
(60,612 posts)Thank you kimbutgar and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Old Crank
(7,078 posts)Greek.