Database 5

DATA BANK 5THANK YOUThank you in many languagesHow 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. 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 ameseginalehugn) Ihe edn (shukrn) (mut shakkrn) (shukrn gazlan)

You're welcome Dis 'n plesier

Ainu Alabama Albanian Aleut Alsatian

Ju lutem (tekebeyalehu) ('afwan)

Amharic

Apache Arabic (Egyptian)

Arabic (Modern Standard) Arabic (Moroccan) Aragonese Arapaho Grazias Hohu

(shukran) (shukran jazlan)

(al'afw)

(shukran) (shukran bezzef)

(bla zhml) (la shukran la wazhb)

Buyurun Xo gldiniz Dymz

Aromanian Hristo / Hristo multu Assamese Asturian Aymara (honyobaa) Gracies Juspajaraa / Juspajarktam Tkkr edirm ox sa ol ox sa olun (pl)

Azeri

Balinese Basque Batak

Suksema (inf) Matur suksema (frm) Eskerrik asko Mauliate Ez da eser (Nyama za shto)

(Dziakuy) Belarusian (Dziakuyu vam) (yry dzjakuj) Bemba Bengali Bislama Blackfoot Bosnian Tsikomo (dhonnobad) Tangkiu (nitsniiyi'taki) Hvala

Breton

Trugarez Trugarez vras

Netra / Mann bet

Bulgarian

(blagodarya) (Mersi) inf (blagodarya ti) - sg/inf (blagodarya vi) - (dobre dol) pl/frm (Njama zato) (blagodarya vi (Molja) mnogo) (mnogo blagodarya) (mnogo vi blagodarya) (c-z tin-ba-deh) Obrigadu Grcies / Moltes grcies / Mercs Salamat Daghang salamat Si Yu'us M'se' (lit. "God have mercy") Barkalla (Wado) N'ee (ya-ba-deh)

Burmese Cape Verdean Catalan Cebuano

De res Walay sapayan Wa'y sapayan Buen Probechu (gvlieliga)

Chamorro Chechen Cherokee Cheyenne

Chichewa

Zikomo

(djeh) - for a gift (mhgi) - for a service Chinese (Cantonese)

(mhsi) (mhsi haakhei) (muh mahntih)

Chinese (Hakka)

(do1sia5) (gam3sia5)

(m1sii3 hak7hi5) []

[] (xixie) Chinese (b yng xi) [] (gnxi n) [] (Mandarin) () (fichng gnxi (n)) (mi gunxi) [] (mi wnt) (vio jia) (mak5 gue3 xi1) (vio khaqchih) (meq zyhthih req) (vi-khaqchi) (vi-j teqreq) (bin kheh-kh) (sek-si) Chinese joi7 (joi7 sia7) (Teochew) (gam2 sia7) (miang6 ket8-ki3) (mai5 ket8-ki3) Choctaw Chi yakkilih chitoh (frm) Yakokih (inf)

(b kqi) []

Chinese (xxia2 xxia5), (xxia2 (Shanghain xxia5 nong2) ese)

(to-si) Chinese (Taiwanese (km-si) (l lt) )

Cimbrian Comanche Cornish Corsican Cree

Vorbis Gott! Ura Meur rasta / Murrasta / Durdaladawhy ringraziavvi / Vi ringraziu (kinana'skomitin) (mkwc) Hvala Hvala lijepa Ah Dk, Dky, Dkuju, Dkuju pkn (inf) Dkuji, Dkuji vm, Dkuji pkn Dkuji vm mnohokrt, Mockrt dkuji Dkuji nastotisckrt

Di nunda

Croatian Crow

Nema na emu

Czech

Prosm, nemte za Nen za Rdo se stalo

Dalecarlian Tkk Tak / Mange tak Tusind tak (thousand thanks) Tak for ... (thanks for ...) Yin aca leec

Det var s lidt Ingen rsag

Danish

Dinka

Dutch

Dank u / Dank u wel (frm) Bedankt, Dank je wel (inf) Graag gedaan, Geen Dank u zeer (thank you very much) dank, Alstublieft,Alsjeblieft Duizendmaal dank (thousand times thanks) Ss

Efik

English

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

You're welcome Don't mention it My pleasure No problem No probs Not a problem No worries No big deal

Esperanto

Nedankinde Pole tnu vrt Vta heaks Ta var so lti

Estonian

Faroese

Fijian

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

Finnish

French

Merci Merci beaucoup

Frisian (North) Frisian (West) Friulian Galician

Foole tunk

Tige tank Graciis Grazas Gracias

Diband De nada Non hai de que

Moitas grazas Garo Georgian 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 (Efharist ) (Efharist pol) Qujanaq Qujanarsuaq Aguyje (dhanvd) Hw'aa Aiao! Mamungba ong'ja na'a! (araphers)

German

Bitte, Bitte schn, Bitte sehr, Nichts zu danken

Greek

(Parakal) Illillu (sg) Ilisillu (pl) (tamr svgata cha) Merite Padekwa De ryen Ba kome Aole pilikia, He mea iki Ka hauoli nau (bevakasha)

Greenlandic Guaran Gujarati Haida Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian

Mesi / Mesi ampil

Na gode Mahalo, Mahalo nui Mahalo i oe, Mahalo nui loa (rav todot) ( toda) (toda rabah)

Hebrew

Hungarian

Kszi / Ksznm Ksznm szpen Takk / Takk fyrir akka r fyrir / Krar akkir Dalu Pagyamanan

Szvesen Nincs mit a var ekkert Kembali Sama-sama Dengan senang hati

Icelandic Igbo Iloko

Makasih ya (inf) Makasih (vinf) Indonesian Terima kasih Terima kasih banyak (frm)

Ingush

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)

Inuktitut

(Ilaali)

Iupiaq

Quyanaq Akuqtuikpi / Palagikpi Qayaannaqpauraq / Taikuuqpauraq S do bheatha N habair Go ndana (s) maith duit Filte T filte romhat

Irish (Gaelic)

Go raibh maith agat Go raibh mle maith agat Gura mle

Italian

Grazie Molte grazie Grazie mille

Prego

Italian (Roman dialect)

Grazzie (dmo) (arigat) (arigat

Japanese

(d gozaimasu) itashimashite) (dmo arigat) (d mo arigat gozaimasu)

Javanese

Suwun, Suwun ge, Trim (inf) Matur nuwun (frm) Mrcie Mrcie bein des fais (dhanyavda)

Sami-sami (inf) Pdh-pdh (frm) (yke summane hanksu?) (parwagilla bii) ! (Oqas joq!) - gen ! (Tilewiiz bolsn!) - frm ! (Tilewi bolsn!) - inf Ymleilei (awt ei te) (sohm anjoe-in) Ntacyo

Jrriais

Kannada

(dhanyavdagau)

Kazakh

(Keiriiz)

Khasi Khmer

Khublei (aw kohn)

Kinyarwand Murakoze a Murakoze cyane Kiribati Klamath Ko rab'a Sepk'eec'a

Klallam !Kung San Kurdish Lakota Lao

Hn cn !Kin !ka (supas) Pilmaya (khwp ja i) (khwp ja i li li) Gratias tibi ago (inf) Gratias vobis ago (frm/pl) Multas gratias vobis ago Paldies Liels paldies Merci

(baw pe n nyng) Precare (sg) Precamini (pl) Vienmr laipni Ldzu Praom 'T ass gr geschitt 'T ass nischt (Molam, nema na shto) Sama-sama (ningngaakku svgatam) Merba bik / Ta' xejn / M'hemmx mn'hiex / Xejn, xejn

Latin

Latvian Lingala

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

Luxembour Merci / Villmols merci gish (Blagodaram) Macedonian (Vi blagodaram) - frm Malagasy Malay Malayalam Misaotra Terima kasih (nndi) (upakaram) Grazzi / Grazzi afna

Maltese

Manx

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

She dty vea

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

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

(Bayarlalaa) (Gyalailaa) Mongolian (Tand ikh bayarlalaa ) Nahuatl Nama Navajo Ndebele Nieuan Northern Sotho Tlazohcamati Cenca tlazohcamati Eio Ahxhee' Ngiyathokoza Fakaaue

(Zgeer)

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! Na bo ordo (frm) Di nada (inf) (har kala rasha) (khahesh mikonam)

Papiamento Danki / Masha danki Pashto Persian (Farsi) (manana) ( tashakor) vinf - (mersi) frm - (mamnnam) vfrm - (moteshakkeram)

Piedmontes Grassie e Grassie tant Pijin Tanggio

Plattdeutsc Dankscheen h Dziki Dzikuj Serdecznie dzikuj Dzikuj bardzo Dzikuj piknie

Polish

Prosz bardzo Nie ma za co (inf)

De nada (inf) Obrigado Obrigada No h de qu (frm) Muito obrigado/a Voc bem-vindo Obrigadinho/a Portuguese Muito agradecido/a(s) More details about saying thank you in Portuguese

Punjabi

/ ( tnvd) / ( shukr) Solpayki / Urpichay sonqoy Hantanye Maururu Mersi / Mulumesc Mulumesc foarte mul Grazia / Grazia fitg / Engraziel Nais Noaia

/ ( tuh sugat he) / ( k nah) Cu plcere Anzi

Quechua Quenya Rapanui Romanian Romansh Romany Rotuman

Russian

! (Spasibo!) p ! (Ogromnoe spasibo!) (Ne za ! (Bol'oe to!) (Poalujsta!) spasibo!) ! (Blagodarju vas!) - frm Giitit itt Fa'afetai / Fa'afetai tele E le afaina

Saami Samoan

Sardinian (Logudores Grazie / Grazie meda e) Scots Thank ye, ta Tapadh leat (inf) Tapadh leibh (frm/pl) Taing mhr Mran taing

De nudda

Ye're welcome! Nae problem

Scottish Gaelic

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

Sepedi

Ke a leboga (Hvala) (Hvala lepo) (Hvala vam) (Mnogo vam hvala) Ke a leboha Ke a leboha haholo Ke a leboga Waita zvako (sg) Maita zvenyu (pl)

Serbian

(Molim)

Sesotho Setswana Shona Sibe (Manchu) Sicilian Sindarin Sinhala SiSwati Slavey

O amohetswe Unotendei? Zvakanaka

Sinde baniha Grazzii / Grazzii assai (Rim) hennaid

(istuti) (bohoma stutiyi) (ehkata kamak na) Ngiyabonga Masi akujem akujem vm akujem pekne akujem velmi pekne Hvala, Hvala lepa, Najlepa hvala

Slovak

Prosm Niet za o

Slovenian Somali Sorbian (Upper)

Prosim / Ni za kaj

Mahadsanid / Wad mahadsantahay Adigaa mudan / Adaa mudan Dakuju

Sorbian (Lower) Spanish Sranan

kujom 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)

Sami-sami

Swahili

Asante kushukuru

Swedish

Inget att tacka fr Tack (thanks) Var s god Tack s mycket (thanks very much) Ingen orsak Tusen tack (a thousand thanks) Det var s lite Merci Merci vielmal Dangge Salamat po Maraming salamat po (frm) Salamat Maraming salamat (inf) Muruuru Muruuru roa Rxmt / Kp rxmt Nt z'dangge Grn gscheh

Swiss German

Tagalog

Wala pong anuman (frm) Walang anuman (inf)

Tahitian Tatar

'aita pe'ape'a Zur s / zen Rxmt ! (maa sathoasha)

Telugu

! (dhanyavaadhamulu)

Tetum

Obrigadu (m) Obrigada (f) Obrigadu/a barak (khwp khun) (khwp khun mak)

La iha buat ida Lalika temi

Thai

(mi bpen rai)

(tujay-Tibetan chay)

(tujay shita-chay)(shu-goyak yaw maray) (Genzebka) m/sg ! (Yekenyeley!) (Genzebki) f/sg ! (Kbret Yhabeley!) (Genzebkum) m/frm (Genzebken) f/frm Gunalchesh / Gunalchesh h h

Tigrinya

Tlingit Tok Pisin Tongan Tsez Tshivena Tswana

Tenkiu / Tenkiu tru / Tenkiu tumas Nogat samting 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 Bir ey deil Rica ederim (Prou, bu laska) (koi baat nahin) (Arzimajdi) io ml

Turkish

Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek

Valencian Venetian

Gracies Grassie

De niente / Gninte

Cm n ng (>m) Vietnamese Cm n b (>f) Xin cm n Vro Walloon Aiteh / Tennsi Mrci Mrci brmint Diolch Diolch yn fawr Diolch yn fawr iawn Diolch o galon Jai-rruh-jef Ndiyabulela / Enkosi Ndza nkhensa Kammagar (A dank) ( A sheynem dank) se / E se Dios bootik

Khng c g

Welsh

Croeso / Iawn

Wolof Xhosa Xitsonga Yapese Yiddish Yorb Yucatec Maya

Wamkelekile Daariy (Nishto farvos) Ko to p Mixbaal. ma xr amey Uyamukelwa (sg) Niyamukelwa (pl)

Yumpla Tok Eso po yu Yupik Zazaki Yum bo'otik / Ighamsiqanaghalek We u war be / Berxudar be Ngiyabonga Ngiyabonga kakhulu (sg) Siyabonga (pl)

Zulu