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Do You Know How to Say "Thank You" in 17 Languages?

With Thanksgiving coming up in just a few weeks in the United States (Canada's Thanksgiving is in October—Happy Belated Thanksgiving, Canada!), let's look at different ways to say thank you all around the world:

French

merci


Italian

grazie


Spanish

gracias


Portuguese

obrigado/obrigada


German

danke


Dutch

dank u


Icelandic

takk fyrir


Greek

ευχαριστώ

ef-kha-ri-STO


Latvian

paldies


Russian

спасибо

spasiba


Chinese

谢谢

xièxie


Japanese

ありがとうございます

arigatoo gozaimasu


Hindi

धन्यवाद

dhanyavaad


Hebrew

תוֹדָה

toda


Arabic

شكراً

shukran


Swahili

asante


Lenape (Delaware)

wanishi

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October 16, 2009