Foreign Language Fun » Afrikaans http://foreignlanguagefun.com Where Language Learning is Child's Play Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:20:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Say Thank You in Many Languages This Thanksgiving http://foreignlanguagefun.com/2008/11/say-thank-you-in-many-languages-this-thanksgiving/ http://foreignlanguagefun.com/2008/11/say-thank-you-in-many-languages-this-thanksgiving/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:44:13 +0000 Diane http://foreignlanguagefun.com/?p=2086  When I think of Thanksgiving, my mind goes to turkey and pumpkin pie, parades and football.  Of course, the real reason is to give thanks to God for all that He has given us.  On this special holiday, I’d like to say Thank You in as many ways and as many languages as I can.  I’m sure to leave out many languages, so please comment with additional ones and continue the list of thanks!

 

Dankie (Afrikaans)

Shukran (Arabic)

Dekuji (Czech)

Tak (Danish)

Dank u wel (Dutch)

Dankon (Esperanto)

Kiitos (Finnish)

Merci (French)

Danke (German)

Mahalo (Hawaiian)

Toda (Hebrew)

Shukriya (Hindi)

Takk (Icelandic)

Grazie (Italian)

Arigato (Japanese)

Grazzi (Maltese)

Xie xie (Mandarin Chinese)

Dziekuje (Polish)

Multumesc (Romanian)

Spasibo (Russian)

Gracias (Spanish)

Ahsante (Swahili)

Tack (Swedish)

 

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