Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Being able to express simple gratitude such as a simple “Thank You” in another language is an easy way to overcome cross-cultural barriers and show your polite intentions to your hosts.

Whether at a business meeting or dinner party you will probably at some point need to say Thank You, so here is a list of some common(and uncommon) languages and how to say thank you.

How to say Thank You in…

• Chamorro: Si yuus maasi
• Croatian: Hvala
• Danish (Denmark, Greenland): Tak
• Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium): Dank je
• Dutch (Netherlands): Bedankt
• Egyptian: Dua Netjer en ek
• Esperanto: Dankon
  
• Estonian: Tänan
• French : Merci beaucoup
• German: Danke schön
• Greek: Sas efharisto
• Hebrew: Toda
• Icelandic: Takk fyrir
• Indonesian: Terima Kasih
  
• Italian: Grazie
• Japanese: Arigato
• Korean: Komapsumnida
• Lao: Khwap jai (more…)