Friday, 08 May 2009
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Foreign Word: Thank You
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This week's word is "Thank You." How many languages can you say "thank you" in? List them for us!
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7? Cantonese, Mandarin, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
Cantonese - mm goy/dor jer
Mandarin - xie xie ne
German - Danke
French - Merci
Japanese - Arigatou
English...(obviously) Thank You
so 6 !
english - thank you
japanese - origato
french - merci
german - danke
thai - khop khun ka (for girls)/krap(fopr guys)
spanish - gracias
six :)
Thank you (Eng)
Terima Kasih (Malay)
Gracias (Spanish)
Xia Xia (Mandarin)
Mhm Goy (Cantonese)
Kam Sia (Taiwanese)
"o-ah de-ah" - Toi san Chinese
then the basic.... English, German, Spanish, French, Italian grouping...
Thank you!
Danke schon!
Gracias!
Merci!
Grazi!
6..... :)
Thank you - English
Komapsumnida - KoreanGracias - SpanishOnly three, but my husband just taught me German:
Danke schon - German
So now four!
english: thank you
mandarin: xie xie
cantonese: mm goi/dor jeh
spanish: gracias
japanese: arigatogozaimasu
korean: gamsahamnida/komahwoyo
malay: terima kaseh
hokkien: gam sia
french: merci
italian: grazi
10!
haha.
Thank you
Gracias
Arigatou
Danke
In Portuguese: Obridago (if you're a man) and obrigada (if you're a woman)
Italian: grazie
english: thank you
Portuguese: obrigado
Spanish: gracias
French: merci
Finnish: kiitos
Icelandic/Danish/Swedish/Norwegian: takk
Turkish: tesekkur ederim
Chinese Mandarin: xie xie
Japanese: arigatou
German: danke
Greek: efkaristo
Afrikaans - dankie
English - thanks
German - danke
Italian - grazie
Swedish - tack
Xhosa - enkosi
Thank you - English
Kiitos - Finnish
Tack - Swedish
Merci - French
Arigato - Japanese
Graci - Italian
Dank je wel - Dutch
Danke - German
Gracias - Spanish
arabic : shukran
urdu: shukriya
eng: thankyou
french: merci
spanish: gracias
english,chinese,cantonese,japanese,italian,spanish..dunno how to spell for the last two lol
English, American Sign Language, French, Spanish, Polish, German, Japanese, Italian.
English, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, Japanese, Thai.
Merci, Origato, Grazi, Gracias, Dankie, Danke schon, Thank you.
[French, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Afrikaans, German, English.]
English: Thank You!
Mandarin: Xie Xie!
Cantonese: Ng Goy / Do Dze
Hakka: Ng Goy
Taiwanese: Dui Sia / Gam Sia
Thank you!
Arigato!
Kob koon ka
Merci
Danke
Gracias
english, french, cantonese, spanish,
Dankeschon (German)
Thank You (English)
Arigato (Japanese)
Gracias (Spanish)
Grazi (Italian)
Merci (At least, I think that means thank you... French)
Hsieh Hsieh (think I spelled that right... Chinese)
asante- swahili
ero kamano- luo
Latin: GRATIAS!
Greek: Ευχαριστώ
merci and thankyou
German: Danke or Dankeschön or Vielen Dank
Englisch: Thanks or Thank you
Spanish:gracias
Japanese: arigato