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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
(53,683 posts)LearnedHand
(5,197 posts)For heartfelt thanks (more or less).
debm55
(53,683 posts)Walleye
(43,446 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)sinkingfeeling
(56,920 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)dem4decades
(13,468 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)3catwoman3
(28,335 posts)Not sure why I know that.
debm55
(53,683 posts)dem4decades
(13,468 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)
debm55
(53,683 posts)zanana1
(6,454 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)Behind the Aegis
(55,785 posts)תּוֹדָה רַבָּה
Hebrew
debm55
(53,683 posts)Behind the Aegis
(55,785 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
(53,683 posts)surfered
(10,616 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
(53,683 posts)fargone
(530 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)dickthegrouch
(4,212 posts)CanonRay
(15,856 posts)Albanian
debm55
(53,683 posts)Harker
(17,203 posts)Irish Gaelic, to multiple people.
debm55
(53,683 posts)3catwoman3
(28,335 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
(53,683 posts)subterranean
(3,737 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
(329 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
(53,683 posts)Dear_Prudence
(962 posts)Online sources say this is Thai.
debm55
(53,683 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,067 posts)Polish
sounds like Jen-ku-ya
debm55
(53,683 posts)Navajo
debm55
(53,683 posts)catbyte
(38,423 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
(53,683 posts)Samoan
debm55
(53,683 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)GP6971
(37,402 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)doc03
(38,711 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)Laurelin
(754 posts)It does sound like danka though!
debm55
(53,683 posts)doc03
(38,711 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)Dear_Prudence
(962 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
(53,683 posts)CrispyQ
(40,528 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(1,522 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
(53,683 posts)Tha fàilte ort, Deb!
debm55
(53,683 posts)Cirsium
(3,246 posts)Tack så mycket!
(Svensk)
debm55
(53,683 posts)Or Dank je wel (informal) or Dank u wel (formal)
Dutch
debm55
(53,683 posts)Laurelin
(754 posts)I think Swedish is tack, but I got that from ikea
debm55
(53,683 posts)Marie Marie
(10,791 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)RandySF
(80,317 posts)Tagalog Wife is Filipino.
debm55
(53,683 posts)livetohike
(23,893 posts)Slovak
debm55
(53,683 posts)SWBTATTReg
(25,916 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
(53,683 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,490 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
(53,683 posts)dickthegrouch
(4,212 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)Emile
(39,642 posts)Dutch Flemish
debm55
(53,683 posts)Asante is 'thank you' in Swahili. As spoken in Kenya, Africa.
debm55
(53,683 posts)fernlady
(36 posts)Danke in Limburgish, spoken in Wallonia.
Bonus points if you know where Wallonia is.
debm55
(53,683 posts)Where the Walloons live. Southern Belgium.
debm55
(53,683 posts)KitFox
(482 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
(53,683 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
(53,683 posts)debm55
(53,683 posts)lpbk2713
(43,239 posts)In Esperanto
debm55
(53,683 posts)sheshe2
(95,150 posts)Pig Latin
debm55
(53,683 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,801 posts)Many thanks. Basque, Euskera.
debm55
(53,683 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,801 posts)Also the United States, and all of Latin America except Brazil.
debm55
(53,683 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,139 posts)V Russkij yazike.
Transliterated of course.
debm55
(53,683 posts)SheltieLover
(75,527 posts)I do admit I had to look it up.
debm55
(53,683 posts)kimbutgar
(26,565 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
(53,683 posts)Thank you kimbutgar and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Old Crank
(6,514 posts)Greek.