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Thank you in many languages

How to express your thanks in numerous different languages, and how to reply when someone thanks you. In some cultures, particularly English-speaking ones, people tend to say thank you more than in other cultures. In China, for example, people rarely say thank you to their family and close friends. To hear recordings of the phrases please click on the ones that are links, or to see more phrases in each language please click on the language names. Key to abbreviations: (v)inf = (very) informal, (v)frm = (very) formal, sg = said to one person, pl = said to more than one person.

Language Abenaki Afrikaans

Thank you wiliwni Dankie Baie dankie Hioy'oy Iyayiraykere Alila Faleminderit Falemenderit shum Qagaasakuq Mersi / Vielmohls mersi (ameseginalehugn) (betam

Reply

Dis 'n plesier

Ainu Alabama Albanian Aleut Alsatian Amharic

Ju lutem

(tekebeyalehu)

ameseginalehugn) Apache Arabic (Egyptian) Arabic (Modern Standard) Arabic (Moroccan) Aragonese Arapaho Armenian (Eastern) Grazias Hohu (Mersi) - inf (Shnorhakalutyun) - frm : (Mersee) : (Shnorhagal em) frm (Khndrem) (Charzhe) (Vochinch e) ': (Charzher) : (Pan muh che) (Vochinch e) Ihe edn (shukrn) (mut shakkrn) (shukrn gazlan) (shukran) (shukran jazlan) ('afwan)

(al'afw)

(shukran) (shukran bezzef)

(bla zhml) (la shukran la wazhb)

Armenian (Western)

Aromanian Hristo / Hristo multu Assamese Asturian Aymara Gracies Juspajaraa / Juspajarktam Buyurun Xo gldiniz Dymz (honyobaa)

Tkkr edirm Azerbaijani ox sa ol ox sa olun (pl) Balinese Suksema (inf) Matur suksema (frm)

Basque

Eskerrik asko

Ez da eser

Batak (Toba Mauliate ) (Dziakuy) (Dziakuyu vam) (yry dzjakuj) Tsikomo (dhonnobad) (dhanyavad) Tangkiu (nitsniiyi'taki) Hvala Trugarez / Trugarez vras (blagodarya) (Mersi) (blagodarya ti) sg/inf (blagodarya vi) pl/frm (blagodarya vi mnogo) (mnogo blagodarya) (mnogo vi blagodarya) (c-z-bh) Burmese tin-ba-deh) Cape Verdean Obrigadu (c-z (keiq-s mash-ba-b) Netra, Mann bet (Nyama za shto)

Belarusian

Bemba Bengali Bhojpuri Bislama Blackfoot Bosnian Breton

Bulgarian

(dobre dol) (Njama zato) (Molja)

Catalan Cebuano

Grcies / Moltes grcies / Mercs Salamat Daghang salamat Si Yu'us M'se' (lit. "God have mercy") Barkalla (wado) N'ee Zikomo (djeh) - for a gift (mhg i) - for a service

De res Walay sapayan Wa'y sapayan Buen Probechu

Chamorro Chechen Cherokee Cheyenne Chichewa

Chinese (Cantonese)

(mhsi) (mhsi haakhei) (muh mahntih)

Chinese (Hakka)

(do1sia5) (gam3sia5)

(m1sii3 hak7hi5) [] (b kqi)

[] (xixie) Chinese [] (gnxi n) (Mandarin) () (fichng gnxi (n))

[] (b yng xi) [] (mi gunxi) [] (mi wnt)

Chinese (xxia2 xxia5), (xxia2 (Shanghaine xxia5 nong2) se)

(vio jia) (mak5 gue3 xi1) (vio khaqchih) (meq zyhthih req)

 (vi-khaqchi) (vi-j teqreq) Chinese (to-sia7) (Taiwanese) (bian2 kheh-khi3) (miang6 ket8-ki3) (mai5 ket8-ki3)

joi (joi sia ) Chinese 2 7 (Teochew) (gam sia )

Choctaw Cimbrian Comanche Cornish Corsican Cree

Chi yakkilih chitoh (frm) Yakokih (inf) Vorbis Gott! Ura Meur rasta / Murrasta / Durdaladawhy ringrazi vi (kinana'skomitin) (mkwc) Hvala Hvala lijepa Ah Dk, Dky, Dkuju, Dkuju pkn (inf) Dkuji, Dkuji vm, Dkuji pkn Prosm, nemte za Dkuji vm mnohokrt, Mockrt Nen za Rdo se stalo dkuji Dkuji nastotisckrt Nema na emu!

Croatian Crow

Czech

Dalecarlian Tkk Tak / Mange tak Tusind tak (thousand thanks) Tak for ... (thanks for ...) Det var s lidt Ingen rsag

Danish

Dhivehi Dinka Yin aca leec

(shukuriyyaa)

Dutch

Dank U / Dank U wel (frm) Bedankt, Dank je wel (inf) Dank U zeer (thank you very much) Duizendmaal dank (thousand times thanks) Ss Thank you Thank you very much Thank you kindly Thanks a lot Many thanks Thanks Cheers Ta (used mainly in northen England) Dankon Dankegon Tnan Tnan teid Tnan teid vga Aith Suur aith Takk Takk fyri Vinaka Vinaka vaka levu Kiitos Kiitoksia oikein paljon

Graag gedaan Geen dank Alstublieft Alsjeblieft

Efik

English

You're welcome Don't mention it My pleasure No problem No probs Not a problem No worries No big deal Nedankinde Pole tnu vrt Vta heaks Ta var so lti

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Fijian

Finnish

Eip kest Eip kest kiitt De rien Il n'y a pas de quoi Je vous en prie Avec plaisir votre service

French

Merci Merci beaucoup

Frisian (North) Frisian (West) Friulian Galician Garo Georgian

Foole tunk

Tige tank Graciis Grazas, Gracias Moitas grazas Mitela (gmadlobth) (didi madloba) Danke, Danke schn, Vielen dank Tausend Dank, Danke vielmals Recht schnen Dank Ich danke Ihnen/dir, Ich bin (Ihnen/dir) sehr dankbar fr..., Mit tiefer Dankbarkeit Merci / Merci vilmal/viumou (Efharist ) (Efharist pol) Qujanaq Qujanarsuaq Aguyje (dhanvd) Hw'aa Mesi (tamr svgata cha) De nada Non hai de que Aiao! Mamungba ong'ja na'a! (araphers)

German

Bitte Bitte schn Bitte sehr Nichts zu danken

German (Swiss) Greek

(Parakal) Illillu (sg) Ilisillu (pl)

Greenlandic Guaran Gujarati Haida Haitian Creole

Hausa Hawaiian

Na gode Mahalo, Mahalo nui Mahalo i oe, Mahalo nui loa (rav todot) ( toda) (toda rabah) (dhanyavd) Aole pilikia, He mea iki Ka hauoli nau (bevakasha)

Hebrew

Hindi

(bhr h) Kszi / Ksznm Ksznm szpen Takk / Takk fyrir akka r fyrir / Krar akkir Dalu Pagyamanan

(pa k svgta hai) Szvesen Nincs mit a var ekkert

Hungarian

Icelandic Igbo Iloko

Makasih ya (inf) Makasih (vinf) Indonesian Terima kasih Terima kasih banyak (frm) Barkal (thanks) Barkal xalda hwuona (thanks be to you) Saagha xalda hwa (thank you very much) Deala reaza xalda hwuona (thank you very much) (Quyanainni) (Quana) ' (Ma'na) (Qujannamiik) (Nakurmiik) Quyanaq Qayaannaqpauraq / Taikuuqpauraq

Kembali Sama-sama Dengan senang hati

Ingush

Inuktitut

(Ilaali)

Iupiaq

Akuqtuikpi / Palagikpi

Irish (Gaelic)

Go raibh maith agat Go raibh mle maith agat Gura mle

S do bheatha N habair Go ndana (s) maith duit Filte T filte romhat

Italian

Grazie Molte grazie Grazie mille

Prego

Italian (Roman dialect)

Grazzie

Japanese

(dmo) (arigat) (arigat gozaimasu) (dmo arigat) (d itashimashite) (dm o arigat gozaimasu) Suwun, Suwun ge, Trim (inf) Matur nuwun (frm) Mrcie Mrcie bein des fais Sami-sami (inf) P dh -p dh (frm)

Javanese

Jrriais

Kannada

(dhanyavda) (dhanyavdagau)

Kazakh Khasi Khmer Kiribati

(Raxmet) Khublei (aw kohn) Ko rab'a Ymleilei (awt ei te) (sohm anjoe-in)

Klamath Klallam Korean

Sepk'eec'a Hn cn (kamsahamnida) - frm (komapsumnida) - inf (anieyo)

!Kung San !Kin !ka Kurdish Lakota Lao Pilmaya (khwp jai) (khwp jai li li) Gratias tibi ago (inf) Gratias vobis ago (frm/pl) Multas gratias vobis ago Paldies Merci Praom (supas)

(baw pen nyng) Precare (sg) Precamini (pl) Vienmr laipni Ldzu

Latin

Latvian Lingala

Lithuanian Ai, Dkoju, Labai ai Lojban Luganda ki'e, ki'esai, ki'ecai Weebale

Luxembour Merci / Villmols merci gish Macedonian Malagasy Malay Malayalam

'T ass gr geschitt 'T ass nischt

(Blagodaram) (Vi blagodaram) - frm (Molam, nema na shto) Misaotra Terima kasih (nndi) Sama-sama

(upakaram)

(ningngaakku svgatam) merba bik ta' xejn m'hemmx mn'hiex xejn, xejn

Maltese

Grazzi Grazzi afna

Manx

Gura mie ayd (inf/sg) Gura mie eu (frm/pl) Gura mie mooar eu/ayd Kia ora (bhr he)

She dty vea

Mori Marathi Mauritian Creole Mayan (K'iche') Mi'kmaq Michif Mohawk Moldavan

(dhanyvad) Mersi

Maltiox Wela'lin (sg) Wela'lioq (pl) Marci Nia:wen (mulcumesk)

(Bayarlalaa) (Gyalailaa) Mongolian (Tand ikh bayarlalaa ) Nahuatl Nama Tlazohcamati Cenca tlazohcamati Eio

(Zgeer)

Nepali Navajo Ndebele Nieuan Northern Sotho

(dhanyabad) Ahxhee' Ngiyathokoza Fakaaue Ke a leboga

Takk (thanks) Tusen Takk (a thousand thanks) Norwegian Mange Takk (many thanks) Takk s mye (thanks a lot) Occitan Ojibwe Okinawan Mercs Miigwech Nifee deebiru

Ingen rsak Vr s god

Amb plaser!

Papiamento Danki vinf - (mersi) frm - (mamnnam) vfrm - (moteshakkeram) (khahesh mikonam)

Persian

Piedmontes Grassie e Grassie tant Pijin Tanggio

Plattdeutsch Dankscheen Dziki Dzikuj Serdecznie dzikuj Dzikuj bardzo Dzikuj piknie

Polish

Prosz bardzo Nie ma za co (inf)

Portuguese Obrigado Obrigada Muito obrigado/a

De nada (inf) No h de qu (frm)

Voc bem-vindo Obrigadinho/a Muito agradecido/a(s) More details about saying thank you in Portuguese (tnvd) Punjabi (shukr)

(tuh sugat he) (k nah)

Quechua Quenya Rapanui Romanian Romany Rotuman

Agradisiyki Hantanye Maururu Mersi / Mulumesc Mulumesc foarte mul Nais Noaia (Spasiba) p (Ogromnoe spasiba) (Bol'oe spasiba) (Blagodarju vas) - frm Giitit itt Fa'afetai / Fa'afetai tele Grassias Thank ye, ta Tapadh leat (inf) Tapadh leibh (frm/pl) Taing mhr Mran taing Ye're welcome! Nae problem E le afaina (Ne za to) (Poalujsta) Cu plcere

Russian

Saami Samoan Sardinian Scots

Scottish Gaelic

'S e do bheatha (inf) 'Se ur beatha (frm)

Sepedi

Ke a leboga (Hvala) (Hvala lepo) (Molim) (Hvala vam) (Mnogo vam hvala) Ke a leboha Ke a leboha haholo Ke a leboga Waita zvako (sg) Maita zvenyu (pl) Unotendei? Zvakanaka O amohetswe

Serbian

Sesotho Setswana Shona Sibe (Manchu) Sicilian Sindarin

Sinde baniha Grazzii (Rim) hennaid (istuti)

Sinhala stutiyi) SiSwati Slavey Ngiyabonga Masi

(bohoma

Slovak

akujem, akujem vm akujem pekne akujem velmi pekne Hvala, Hvala lepa, Najlepa hvala Mahadsanid Dakuju kujom

Prosm Niet za o Prosim / Ni za kaj Adigaa mudan

Slovenian Somali Sorbian (Upper) Sorbian

(Lower) Spanish Sranan Gracias Muchas gracias Grantangi De nada No hay de qu

Stellingwarf Daank s Sundanese Nuhun / Hatur nuhun (frm) / Nuhun pisan Asante, Asante sana (sg) Asanteni (pl) Tack (thanks) Tack s mycket (thanks very much) Tusen tack (a thousand thanks) Salamat po / Maraming salamat po (frm) Salamat Maraming salamat (inf) Mauruuru Mauruuru roa (nandri) Tamil ! Telugu (dhanyavaadhamulu) Obrigadu (m) Obrigada (f) Obrigadu/a barak (khwp khun) (khwp khun mak) (maa sathoasha) La iha buat ida Lalika temi (romba nandri) ! Sami-sami

Swahili

Asante kushukuru Inget att tacka fr Var s god Ingen orsak Det var s lite Wala pong anuman (frm) Walang anuman (inf)

Swedish

Tagalog

Tahitian

Tetum

Thai

(mi bpen rai)

(tujaychay) Tibetan (shu-goyak yaw maray)

(tujay shita-chay) Tigrinya Tlingit Tok Pisin Tongan Tsez Tshivena Tswana (yeQenyelay) Gunalchesh / Gunalchesh h h Tenkyu Ml / Ml aupito (Barkala) Ndi a livhuwa Ke a leboga, rra/mma Ke itumetse, rra/mma Teekkrler, saol, saolun Teekkr ederim ok teekkr ederim (Diakuju) (Due diakuju) (bahut) shukrya () Rahmat / Katta rahmat Gracies

io ml

Turkish

Bir ey deil Rica ederim (Prou, bu laska) (koi baat nahin) (Arzimajdi)

Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Valencian

Cm n ng (>m) Vietnamese Cm n b (>f) Xin cm n Walloon Mrci Mrci brmint

Khng c g

Welsh

Diolch Diolch yn fawr Diolch yn fawr iawn Diolch o galon Jr-jf Ndiyabulela / Enkosi Ndza nkhensa Kammagar (A dank) ) knad mehyahs A( se / E se Eso po yu Yum bo'otik / Ighamsiqanaghalek Ngiyabonga Ngiyabonga kakhulu (sg) Siyabonga (pl)

Croeso / Iawn

Wolof Xhosa Xitsonga Yapese Yiddish Yorb Yumpla Tok Yupik

Wamkelekile

(Nishto farvos) Ko to p

Zulu

Uyamukelwa (sg) Niyamukelwa (pl)

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Links
Sites with translations of thank you in many languages http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/thankyou.htm http://www.freelang.net/expressions/thankyou.php Thank you song (in 45 languages) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZmphu1HUxE Other phrases Phrases in other languages

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