Thank You in Every Language
Thank You! Maybe the most important phrase to know in any language. I’ve learned how to say these words in the 65+ countries that I’ve traveled to. Here’s how!
- English: Thanks (๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐บ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐พ ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐น๐จ ๐ต๐ท ๐ง๐ธ ๐ง๐ฟ
- French: Merci (๐ซ๐ท ๐ฒ๐จ
- Italian: Grazie (๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฆ
- Spanish: Gracias (๐ช๐ธ ๐ช๐จ ๐ฉ๐ด ๐จ๐ท ๐จ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ท ๐ต๐ฆ
- Dutch: Dank u (dahnk oo) (๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ถ ๐จ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ผ
- Swedish: Tack (๐ธ๐ช
- Tanzanian: Asante (ah-sahn-teh) OR Shukran (shook-ran) (๐น๐ฟ)
- Afrikaans: Dankie (dahn-kee) (๐ฟ๐ฆ)
- Hungarian: Kรถszรถnรถm (๐ญ๐บ)
- Danish: Tak (๐ฉ๐ฐ)
- Irish: Go raibh maith agat (๐ฎ๐ช)
- German: Danke (German) (๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฆ๐น ๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ
- Portuguese: Obrigado (๐ต๐น ๐ง๐ท
- Greek: Efharisto (ef-har-rih-stowe) (๐ฌ๐ท
- Turkish: Tesekkรผr Ederim (Teh-sheh-kur=eh-deh-rim) (๐น๐ท)
- Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ Dฤkuji (dyekooyih)
- Poland ๐ต๐ฑ Dziฤkujฤ (Jenkoo-yeh)
- Lithuania ๐ฑ๐น aฤiลซ (lu pronounce)
- Estonia ๐ช๐ช Tรคnan (TA-nahn)
- Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ Kiitos (key-toss)
- Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท Gracias
- Uruguay ๐บ๐พ Gracias
- Chile ๐จ๐ฑ Gracias
- Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ Hvala
- Croatia ๐ญ๐ท Hvala (HVAH-lah)
- Bosnia & Herzegovina ๐ง๐ฆ hvala
- Montenegro ๐ฒ๐ช Hvala
- Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ Toda (toh-dah)
- Palestine ๐ต๐ธ
- Jordan ๐ฏ๐ด shukran (shoe-krahn)
- Peru ๐ต๐ช Gracias
- Colombia ๐จ๐ด Gracias
- Paraguay ๐ต๐พ Gracias
- Bolivia ๐ง๐ด Gracias
- Thailand ๐น๐ญ kawp-kun krap / ka’ (cob-coohn krahp/kah)
- Vietnam ๐ป๐ณcแบฃm ฦกn (gauhm uhhn)
- Cambodia ๐ฐ๐ญ??? Saum Arkoun
- Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ* Terima kasih (t’ree-ma kas-seh)
- Brunei ๐ง๐ณ * Terima kasih (t’ree-ma kas-seh)
- Singapore ๐ธ๐ฌ* Thanks/
- Philippines ๐ต๐ญ* salamat po (sah-lah-maht poh)
- Palau ๐ต๐ผ * Thanks
- Japan ๐ฏ๐ต * arigato (ah-ree-GAH-toh)
- South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท* kamsa hamnida (kahm-sah-ham-nee-da)
- China/HK/Macau ๐จ๐ณ * xie xie (she-eh she-eh)
- Taiwan ๐น๐ผ* xie xie (she-eh she-eh)
- Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ * Terima kasih (Tur-EE-mah KAH-see)
- Laos ๐ฑ๐ฆ * Khob Chai
- Bhutan ๐ง๐นKadrin Cheyla
- Myanmar ๐ฒ๐ฒ * Chezu ba
- Nepali: Dhanyabaad
- Hindi: Sukria (shoo-kree-a) (๐ฎ๐ณ
Notes:
- Belgium: French, German & Dutch
- Curaรงao, Aruba, etc: Dutch & Papiamento
- Switzerland: German, French, Italian, and Romansh