No matter your language-learning goals—travel? family heritage? access to education?—there is one phrase that is sure to come in handy across the globe: thank you. Whether it's a groggy "thanks" for your morning coffee, a heartfelt thank-you note to a generous friend (y'all still write thank-you notes, right?), a quickly-typed "ty" to a helpful coworker, or a tearful embrace upon reuniting with a loved one, there are almost as many ways to show gratitude as there are things to be thankful for, from French merci to Hebrew תודה רבה (todah raba)!
And at Duolingo, we've got over 500 million reasons to be thankful: YOU, our learners 💚 Here are some of the ways Duolingo employees say "thank you (very much)"—in our own languages!
How to say "thank you" around the world
Amharic አመሰግናለሁAmesegnalew Arabic شكراً (جزيلاً)
Shukran (jazeelan) Bengali ধন্যবাদ
Dhanyabad Catalan (Moltes) gràcies Chinese (Cantonese) 唔該(晒)
M4 goi1 (saai3) Chinese (Mandarin) (非常/) 感谢您 [polite]
Fēicháng gǎnxiè nín
多谢多谢 [informal]
Duōxiè duōxiè Czech Děkuji (mnohokrát) [formal]
Děkuju (mockrát) [informal] Danish (Mange) tak Dutch (Heel erg) bedankt Esperanto (Egan) dankon Farsi متشکرم
Motashekeram
خیلی ممنون
Kheili mamnoon Finnish Kiitos (paljon) French Merci (beaucoup) German Danke
Vielen Dank Guarani Aguyje Gujarati (ખુબ ખુબ) આભાર
Khub khub aabhar Hebrew תודה (רבה)
Todah raba Hindi (बहुत) शुक्रिया
Bahut shukriya
बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद
Bahut bahut dhanyawad Icelandic Takk (fyrir) Italian Grazie (mille) Japanese ありがとう
Arigato Korean 감사합니다 [polite]
Gamsahamnida
고마워(요) [informal]
Gomawo(yo) Malay Terima kasih Norwegian (Tusen) takk Polish Dziękuję (bardzo) Portuguese (Muito) obrigado/obrigada
Valeu [informal] Russian Большое спасибо
bol'shoye spasibo Serbian Много вам хвала
(Mnogo vam) hvala Slovenian Hvala (lepa) Spanish (Muchas) gracias Swahili Asante sana Swedish Tack (så mycket) Tamil நன்றி
Nandri Ukrainian Дякую
Dyakuyu Urdu شکریہ
Shukria Yiddish אַ (האַרציקן) דאַנק
A (hartsikn) dank
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