Now, since Gin and me got into this on MSN, we got curious what "thank you" and "you're welcome" means in other languages. And since this is a very multi-lingual forum, i'm quite sure we can create a nice long list here!
Share your knowledge with out, everyone!
"Thank You"
Arabic = "Shukran"
Bulgarian = "Blagodarya"
Cebuano = "Daghang Salamat"
Chinese = "Xie xie"
Czech = "děkuji"
Danish = "Tak"
Dutch = "Dankjewel" or "Dank u" (= more formal than "Dankjewel", though much used), "Dankje"
Filipino = "Salamat" ("Maraming salamat" if you want to say "Thank you very much" or the more literal "Thanks a lot/Many thanks")
Finnish = "Kiitos!"
French = "Merci"
German = "Danke"
Greek = "Eucharisto" / "Ευχαριστώ (Efharisto)"
Hawaiian = "Mahalo"
Hungarian = "Koszonom"
Irish = "Go raibh maith agat"
Italian = "Grazie"
Japanese = "Arigatou"
Lithuanian = "Ačiū"
Malay &
Indonesian = "Terima Kasih"
Norwegian = "Takk"
Polish = "Dziękuje"
Portuguese = "Obrigado"
Russian = "Spaseeba"
Serbian = "Hvala"
Spanish = "Gracias"
Swedish = "Tack", "Tackar"
Turkish = "Teşekkürler"
Vietnamese = "Cam On"
"You're Welcome"
Arabic = "Afwan"
Bulgarian = "Molya / Pak zapovyaday"
Chinese = "Bu keqi"
Czech = "není zač" or "za málo"
Danish = "Det var så lidt"
Dutch = "Graag gedaan"
Filipino = "Walang anuman" ("No problem" is closer in meaning than "you're welcome" though)
Finnish = "Ole hyvä"
French = "De rien"
German = "Bitte" or "Gern geschehen"
Greek = "Παρακαλώ (Parakalo)"
Hawaiian = "He mea iki"
Hungarian = "Szivesen"
Irish = "(Tá) fáilte romhat"
Italian = "Prego"
Japanese = "Dou itashimashite"
Lithuanian = "Nėra už ką"
Malay &
Indonesian = "Sama-sama"
Norwegian = "Det var så lite/ værsågod"
Polish = "Proszę"
Portuguese = "De nada"
Russian = "Pazhalooysta"
Serbian = "Nema na čemu"
Spanish = "De nada"
Swedish = "VarsÃ¥god (formal) / Det är lugnt (informal)"
Turkish = "Rica ederim"
Vietnamese = "Knong Co Chi"
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