Say "thanks" or "thank you" in a different language. You may use Google. Please give the language and country/region.

[debm55]

Say thanks in the language of your ancestors, friends. or really anyone. . Edit.

dyakuna---Ukrainian.

[cos dem]

1. Tusen takk

Norwegian for "thank you very much". Literally "a thousand thanks!"

[debm55]

3. Thank you very much, cos dem and dyakuna to you,

[LearnedHand]

63. Or Tusen hjertelig takk

For “heartfelt thanks” (more or less).

[debm55]

67. Thank you very much LearnedHand. Tusen hjertelig takk.

[Walleye]

2. Muchas gracias, Spanish is the only other language I'm familiar with. I recognize thank you in other languages though.

[debm55]

4. Dyakuna. Walleye. for sharing the Spanish version of Thanks.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Grazie in Italian. Merci in French.

[debm55]

6. Dyakuna, sinkingfeeling for your two selections.

[dem4decades]

7. Obrigado

[debm55]

8. Thank you dem4decades, May I ask what country. Dyakuna.

[3catwoman3]

17. I think that is Portuguese.

Not sure why I know that.

[debm55]

25. dyakunam, 3catwoman3, for letting us know.

[dem4decades]

39. When we visit the Azores, that's how we say thank you. Yes, Portuguese.

[debm55]

42. Thank you dem4decades,

[quaint]

9. ASL

[debm55]

14. Oh thank you very much, quaint. I have two cousins that use ASL.

[zanana1]

10. Merci Beaucoup

[debm55]

24. Thank you very much, zannana1. Merci Beaucoup to you also.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. Toda Raba

תּוֹדָה רַבָּה

Hebrew

[debm55]

23. Thank you very much, Behind the Aegis. Dyakuna.

[Behind the Aegis]

48. Another one, I learned a year ago and had to check.. MersEE Munglio

"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]

68. Thank you very much, Behind the Aegis.

[surfered]

12. One of the first phrases we learn preparing for foreign travel.

It’s "Danke schön" In Germany.

In the UK I assume it’s “bugger off” based on their response when I offer them driving advice.

[debm55]

22. Thank you very much, surfered. HAHAHAHHAHAH, bugger off. that''s funny.

[fargone]

13. Kthnxbai. - TextSpeak

[debm55]

21. Kthnxbai, fargone. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[dickthegrouch]

65. I had never understood that, until now lol /nt

[CanonRay]

15. Faleminderit

Albanian

[debm55]

19. Falemingerit you very much, CanonRay.

[Harker]

16. Go raibh maith agaibh.

Irish Gaelic, to multiple people.

[debm55]

18. Thank you very much, Harker. Dyakuna,

[3catwoman3]

20. Domo arigato gozaimashita.

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]

26. Domp arigato gozaimashita. 3catwoman3. One time I had a Shiba Inu. When she got her toy I would say arigato.

[subterranean]

57. "Domo" is proper, but informal.

Japanese also often just say "domo" in casual conversation, but not in more formal situations. (I spent more than a decade living in Japan.)

[ZDU]

27. Mahalo

Aloha!

[debm55]

29. Mahalo, ZDU,

[Sailingdiver]

28. Khop Khun Krub (loose western translation)

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]

31. That is very interesting. What country? Khob jai, Salingdiver.

[Dear_Prudence]

49. I had to know!

Online sources say this is Thai.

[debm55]

69. Dyakuna. Dear_Prudence.

[FalloutShelter]

30. Dziękuję

Polish… sounds like Jen-ku-ya

[debm55]

33. Dziekuje, FalloutShelter.

[amerikat]

32. ahhee'

Navajo

[debm55]

34. ahhee, amerikat,

[catbyte]

35. Miigwetch

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]

36. Miigwetch, catbyte. Peoples of the Three Fires. Beautiful.

[nini]

37. fa'afetai

Samoan

[debm55]

38. fa'afetai, nini. for sharing with us. dyakuna

[debm55]

40. For my husband's family, Kiito---Finnish.

[GP6971]

41. Korean: Kamsahamnida or gamsahamnida. Both are acceptable.

[debm55]

43. Kamsahamnida, GP6971

[doc03]

44. Danka. German

[debm55]

46. Danka, doc03 for sharing with us.

[Laurelin]

55. Actually it's danke

It does sound like danka though!

[doc03]

61. Danke

[debm55]

70. Danke, thank you doc03

[doc03]

45. Majqa. Klingon

[debm55]

47. HAHA , Majqa for sharing, doc03

[Dear_Prudence]

50. Dhanyavaad

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]

71. Dhanyavaad, Dear_Prodence

[CrispyQ]

51. _ .... ._ _. _._ _.__ ___ .._ Morse code

[debm55]

73. Thank you very much, CrispyQ

[buzzycrumbhunger]

52. Tapadh leat

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]

74. Tapadh leat, buzzycrumbhunger.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

84. ;)

Tha fàilte ort, Deb!

[debm55]

88. dyakuna.

[Cirsium]

53. A nation of immigrants

Tack så mycket!

(Svensk)

?si=HynOyOsY6-b2RFAe

[debm55]

76. Tack sa mycket, to you Cirsium.

[Laurelin]

54. Bedankt

Or Dank je wel (informal) or Dank u wel (formal)
Dutch

[debm55]

77. Bedankt to you Laurelin.

[Laurelin]

56. Tak, Danish

I think Swedish is tack, but I got that from ikea

[debm55]

81. Tak, Laurelin.

[Marie Marie]

58. Ankthay Ouyay - Pig Latin. Sorry - that's all I got.

[debm55]

82. Thank you , Marie Marie.

[RandySF]

59. Salamat

Tagalog Wife is Filipino.

[debm55]

83. Salamat to you and Mrs. RandySF. PS congragraulations on you post count.

[livetohike]

60. Dakujem

Slovak

[debm55]

87. Dakujem. livetohike.

[SWBTATTReg]

62. Thank you very much! Thousands of little versions of TYVM out there to chose!!

Background
The Meaning of Life (1983) Musical 1.8s
Thank you very much, sir.

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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.

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Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) - S06E01 Meet The Blacks 1.5s
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

[debm55]

89. dyakuna. SWBTATTReg

[ProfessorGAC]

64. Grazie

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]

86. Grazie, ProfessorGAC.

[dickthegrouch]

66. "Sucker" - in Trumpian /nt

[debm55]

85. Dyakuna, dickthegrouch.

[debm55]

72. Hvala----Croatian.

[Emile]

75. Dankjewel

Dutch Flemish

[debm55]

79. Dankjewel, Emile.

[danieljsf]

78. Asante

Asante is 'thank you' in Swahili. As spoken in Kenya, Africa.

[debm55]

80. Asante, danieljsf.

[fernlady]

90. Danke in Limburgish

Danke in Limburgish, spoken in Wallonia.

Bonus points if you know where Wallonia is.

[debm55]

91. Danke, fernlady. Is it in Austria?

[Cirsium]

92. Wallonia

Where the Walloons live. Southern Belgium.

[debm55]

93. dyakuna, Cirsium

[KitFox]

94. Irish Gaelic: Mile Buiochas or Go raibh maith agar

My Irish grandma didn’t 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]

96. Mile Buiochas, dear KitFox.

[ramblin_dave]

95. Choukran bzaf

Moroccan Arabic (Darija). Pronounce according to French rules. In English Shoo-kren buh-zeff.

https://www.tiktok.com/@moroccanarabiclanguage/video/7067981630887021826

[debm55]

97. Choukran bzaf. ramblin_dave.

[debm55]

98. multumesc--Romanian.

[lpbk2713]

99. Dankon

In Esperanto

[debm55]

100. Dankon to you my friend, Ipbk2713

[sheshe2]

101. ankthay ouyay

Pig Latin

[debm55]

102. ankthay ouyay, sheshe2

[Wolf Frankula]

103. Eskerrik Asko.

Many thanks. Basque, Euskera.

[debm55]

108. Eskerrik Asko, Wolf Frankula. Can you tell the country,? Eskerrik Asko

[Wolf Frankula]

114. Mostly Spain and France,

Also the United States, and all of Latin America except Brazil.

[debm55]

115. Thank you Wolf Frankula.

[Aviation Pro]

104. Spasibo bolshoj

V Russkij yazike.

Transliterated of course.

[debm55]

109. Spasibo bolshoj, Aviation Pro for sharing with us.

[SheltieLover]

105. Dziękuję - Polish

I do admit I had to look it up.

[debm55]

110. Dziekuje, SheltieLover for sharing with us. It was okay to look it up.

[kimbutgar]

106. Sometimes when I'm substitute teach I ask the kids to say please and thank in their language

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]

111. Excellent idea. kimbutgar. Yes, please and thank you are important. More and more people are forgetting to use them.

Thank you kimbutgar and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[Old Crank]

107. ευχαριστώ πολύ

Greek.

[debm55]

112. Thank you very much, Old Crank.

[debm55]

113. dioch---Welsh.