How to say “Thank you” in 50 Languages?

by LingoCards · June 26, 2018

When we travel foreign countries, we often don’t know how to speak local language and it’s hard to communicate with local people. However, if you say “Thank you” in their language instead of in English, you are putting a big smile on their faces 🙂

“Thank you” is a such magic word to show your appreciation and respect for the local and their culture. It’s simple follows with great communication!

Here you will find how to say “Thank you” in 50 languages.

Language
Afrikaans	Dankie.
Albanian	Faleminderit.
Arabic	شكرًا (shkrana)
Armenian	Շնորհակալություն: (Shnorhakalut’yun:)
Bengali	ধন্যবাদ। (dhan’yabāda.)
Bosnian	Hvala.
Cantonese	多謝 / 唔該 (do1 je6 / m4 goi1)
Catalan	Gràcies.
Chinese (Simplified)	谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Chinese (Traditional)	謝謝 (Xièxiè: ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ)
Croatian	Hvala.
Czech	Děkuji.
Danish	Tak.
Dutch	Bedankt.
English (American)	Thank you.
English (British)	Thank you.
Esperanto	Dankon.
Finnish	Kiitos.
French	Merci.
German	Danke.
Greek	Σας ευχαριστούμε. (Sas efcharistoúme.)
Haitian Creole	Mèsi.
Hindi	धन्यवाद। (dhanyavaad.)
Hungarian	Köszönöm!
Icelandic	Takk.
Indonesian	Terima kasih.
Italian	Grazie.
Japanese	ありがとう (arigatō )
Korean	감사합니다 (kamsahamnida)
Latin	Gratiam ago.
Latvian	Paldies.
Macedonian	Ви благодарам. (Vi blagodaram.)
Norwegian	Takk.
Polish	Dziękujemy.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Obrigado.
Portuguese (Portugal)	Obrigado.
Romanian	Mulțumesc.
Russian	Спасибо. (Spasibo.)
Serbian	Hvala.
Slovak	Ďakujem.
Spanish (Latin America)	Gracias.
Spanish (Spain)	Gracias.
Swahili	Asante.
Swedish	Tack.
Taiwanese (MinNan)	To-siā./Lóo-la̍t. (多謝/勞力)
Tamil	நன்றி. (naṉṟi.)
Thai	ขอบคุณ (k̄hxbkhuṇ)
Turkish	Teşekkür ederim.
Vietnamese	Cảm ơn.
Welsh	Diolch.