How to Say Thank You
Saying thank you is the simplest, most common expression of gratitude. Our parents teach us this before we understand how universal it is. Gratitude is a shared language that transcends cultural and economic differences. Saying Thank You connects us and removes the fear of separateness.
I've been inspired to learn how to say thank you in 50 languages. For now, I focus my efforts on being able to say thank you in the 6 official languages of the United Nations (Mandarin, Spanish, English, Arabic, Russian, French). Try it yourself by memorizing how to say Thank You in the 10 most spoken languages in the world!
If you don't want to stop there, here's a list of 40 ways to say Thank You:
- Afrikaans (Africa) - Dankie
- Australian - Thoinks, Moite!
- Bulgarian – Blagodaria
- Burma (Myanmar) - Kyeizu tin ba de
- Croatia - Hvala
- Czech – Dekuji
- Danish - tak
- Dutch - dank je
- Estonia – Aitäh
- Finnish - kiitos
- French* - Merci
- German - Danke
- Greek - Efharisto
- Hawaiian - Mahalo
- Hebrew - Raba
- Hungarian - Köszönöm
- Icelandic - Takk
- Indonesian - Terima kasih
- Korean - kamsa hamnida
- Italian - Grazie
- Lithuanian - Achu
- Philippines - Maraming Salamat (thank you very much)
- Polish - Dziekuje
- Romanian - Va multumim frumos (great thanks)
- Russian - Spasibo balshoye (big thanks)
- Scottish - Cheers
- Slovakia – Dakujem
- South Africa - Dankie
- Sundanese - Nuhun
- Sri Lanka - istutiy
- Swahili - Ahsante
- Swedish - Tack
- Tahitian - Maururu
- Thai - Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much)
- Tibetan - Thuk Ji Chhe
- Turkish - Tesekkurler
- Ukranian - Dyakuyu
- Vietnamese - Kam ouen
- Yugoslavia - Hvala
- Zulu - Ngiyabonga
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Enthusiasm to love your life is contagious around Silvia. Her expert passion connects people to their own joyful potential. Silvia lives her happiness in such a big way that you can’t help but leave her classes, workshops, trainings and retreats spiritually uplifted! Born in Ecuador, raised traveling around the globe she is an enthusiastic citizen of the world and spiritual adventurer. She is a long-time Experienced Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) with over 10,000 hours of teaching experience, owned a yoga studio for 9 years and has been teaching and practicing yoga over the last 15 years after being run over by a car and using it to recover physically and emotionally. Silvia is currently writing a book about Prescriptions for Happiness and has a popular blog called Loving Your Life, along with producing her “Loving Your Day” videos. Silvia will be leading a Tuscan Adventure in Happiness week long retreat in June 2013 and an Amalfi Coast Wellness Adventure in July 2013 as well as offering her Alchemy of Yoga RYT200 Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica this August 2013. Silvia is currently writing a book about Prescriptions for Happiness and has a popular blog called Loving Your Life, along with producing her “Loving Your Day” videos.
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