Updated April, 2023
I have always loved the phrase “thank you.”
I always feel that it is appropriate and appreciated to say “thank you” to others. To thank them for help, kindness, or just being them. It makes me feel good in showing appreciation to who they are.
To me, it is always a kind, easy expression to give to another.
“Thank you” is defined as a polite expression in gratitude of receiving a gift, a service or a compliment. A kind exchange. It is all about mutual respect. Respect to ourselves and those we come into contact with, whether for business or home.
And while there are many other ways to show a grateful heart and respectful spirit, “thank you” has always been my simple and heartfelt go-to. I’m also not a fan of the word “namaste.” While I love the meaning behind it, I just don't think the word is accepted and heard by all groups of people. The concept is beautiful, so don’t get me wrong about my intentions here...But, in a “namaste in bed” t-shirt wearing society I feel much of the deep, heartfelt intentions have been lost. I feel the meaning has been diluted and would rather use something that can be felt and received by all.
So in wanting to see the good in you and in having a deep mutual respect for each other, I choose to use the words “thank you.” They translate into all languages. They are easy to say to yourself and aloud. And, said with intention as in “namaste,” they traverse all barriers, bonds and beliefs.
MY 10,000 THANK YOU’S
I took the time to count how long it would take to say 10,000 thank you’s.
Keeping in mind that it was done in English, saying “thank you” to myself I counted:
Approximately 110 per minute
That’s:
· 1,650 every 15 minutes
· 11,550 every 7 days
So, by saying roughly 1650 every day you can easily achieve close to 11,550 thank you’s in 7 days.
You can break it up.
· 7 minute morning meditation
· 7 minute evening meditation
· Say the rest of them throughout your day
Turn it into a mantra and see how your world feels. It helps you to live in gratitude and thanks. To say “thank you” through broken hearts, miscommunications, closed doors and open windows. To say “thank you” for new beginnings. To say “thank you” to someone who doesn’t say it back.
“Thank you” expands to every culture and every language has its own way to express gratitude. It can be seen and heard in word and deed. Below are some examples...How do you say “Thank you?”
SAYING THANK YOU
· “Thanks for your help today, I really appreciate you”
· “I am so happy I know you, thank you”
· “Thank you for all of your kind words”
EXPRESSING THANK YOU IN OTHER WAYS
· Write it down in a letter or a note
· Invite friends over for dinner
· Send flowers to your lover
· Ask if there is anything you can do to help those you care about
· Offer to help a friend
LIVING IN THANK YOU
· Daily say thank you...for a new morning and an ended day
· Looking at your favorite artist
· Seeing beauty around you
· Reading a good book
· Walking in a park
· Smiling at a stranger
BENEFITS OF THANK YOU’S
· Ease of frustration
· Sharing in a kind thought
· Connection with self and others
· Expressing your own happiness with the world
· Sharing your inner beauty
· Easing of tensions in difficult situations
· It brings you into this very moment
LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD
My intention here is to have a comprehensive list of thank you in every language possible! Please, feel free to contact me to add or revise!
Native spelling - how to say it (if available) - Language
Please help us with pronunciation if you can - leave it in the comments
1. Gadda gey - Afar
2. Dankie - Afrikaans
3. Faleminderit - Albanian
4. Merci - Alsatian
5. Mèsi - Antillean Creole
6. አመሰግናለሁ - Ameseginalehu - Amharic
7. شكراً - Shokran - Arabic
8. Sahite - Arabic (Algerian)
9. Shoukran - Arabic (Moroccan, Darija)
10. Barakallahufikum - Arabic (Tunisia)
11. Grazias - Aragonese
12. Շնորհակալություն - Shnorhakalut’yun - Armenian
13. çox sağ ol; Tesekkur edirem - Azerbaijani
14. A ni kié - Bambara
15. Ayùe - Bamoun
16. Me yéga - Basaa
17. ধন্যবাদ - Dhan'yabāda - Bangla
18. Eskerrik asko; Milesker - Basque
19. Дзякуй - Dziakuj - Belarusian
20. Natôtela; Twatôtela - Bemba
21. আপনাকে ধন্যবাদ - dhanyabaad - Bengali
22. Tanemmirt - Berber
23. Tangio tumas - Bishlamar
24. A ni kié - Bobo
25. Hvala ti - Bosnian
26. Trugéré; Trugaré; Trugarez - Breton
27. Благодаря ти - Blagodarya ti; мерси - Merci - Bulgarian
28. Akeva - Bulu
29. Chezu ba - Burmese
30. Gràcies - Catalan
31. Salamat - Cebuano
32. Баркал - Barkal - Chechen
33. Wado - Cherokee
34. Zikomo - Chichewa
35. 谢谢你 - Xièxiè nǐ - Chinese (Simplified)
36. 謝謝你 - Xièxiè nǐ - Chinese (Traditional)
37. Тавтапуҫ - Tavtapuҫ; Тав - Tav - Chuvash
38. Grazie - Corsican
39. Hvala ti - Croatian
40. Děkuji; Díky - Czech
41. Tak - Danish
42. Gha-ana - Birepo - Dogon
43. Na som - Duala
44. Dank je; Dank je wel - Dutch
45. Thank you - English
46. Dankon - Esperanto
47. Tänan teid; Tänan väga; Aitäh - Estonian
48. Akpé - Ewe
49. Akiba - Fang
50. Takk fyri - Faroese
51. Vinaka - Fijian
52. Salamat - Filipino
53. Kiitos - Finnish
54. Nachè nuwe - Fon
55. Merci - French
56. Tankewol - Frisian
57. Gracie - Friulan
58. Grazas; Graciñas - Galician
59. Merkzi - Gallo
60. Მადლობა - Madloba - Georgian
61. Danke - German
62. Awiliudo þus - Gothic
63. Ευχαριστώ - Efcharistó - Greek
64. Aguyjé - Guarani
65. આભાર - Ābhāra - Gujarati
66. Mèsi poutèt ou - Haitian Creole
67. Na gode - Hausa
68. Mahalo - Hawaiian
69. תודה - Toda - Hebrew
70. धन्यवाद - Dhanyavaad - Hindi
71. Ua tsaug - Hmong
72. Köszönöm - Hungarian
73. Takk; Takk fyrir - Icelandic
74. Daalụ; Imela - Igbo
75. Terima kasih - Indonesian
76. Taiku - Inupiaq
77. Go raibh maith agat - Irish
78. Grazie - Italian
79. ありがと; ありがとうございます- Arigatō - Japanese
80. Matur nuwun - Javanese
81. ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು - Dhan'yavādagaḷu - Kannada
82. Рахмет - Rahmet - Kazakh
83. សូមអរគុណ - Saum arkoun - Khmer
84. Murakoze - Kinyarwanda
85. Murakoze - Kirundi
86. 고마워 - Kamsahamnida - Korean
87. Sobodi - Kotokoli
88. Tenki - Krio
89. Spas - Kurdish (Kurmanji)
90. Рахмат - Rahmat - Kyrgyz
91. Wopila; Pilamaya - Lakota
92. ຂອບໃຈ - Khobchai - Lao
93. Matôndo - Lari
94. Gratias tibi - Latin
95. Paldies - Latvian
96. Abouï ngan - Leti (Mengisa)
97. Gràçie - Ligurian
98. Matondi - Lingala
99. Ačiū - Lithuanian
100. Bedankt; Dank ju we - Low Saxon
101. Merci - Luxembourgish
102. Благодарам; фала - Blagodaram; fala - Macendonian
103. Misaotra - Malagasy
104. Terima kasih - Malay
105. നന്ദി - Nandi - Malayalam
106. Niżżik ħajr; Grazzi; Nirringrazzjak - Maltese
107. Xie xie - Mandarin
108. Mauruuru; Kia mihi - Maori
109. धन्यवाद - Dhan'yavāda - Marathi
110. Welálin - Micmac
111. N'fa n'fa - Moba
112. Баярлалаа - Bayarlalaa - Mongolian
113. Barka - More
114. Akewa - Myene
115. ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ် - Kyaayyjuutainpartaal - Myanmar (Burmese)
116. Ahéhee' - Navajo
117. धन्यवाद - Dhan'yavāda - Nepali
118. Subhay - Newari
119. Takk - Norwegian
120. M-sapo - O’odham
121. Mercé; Grandmercé - Occitan
122. ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ - Odia (Oriya)
123. Miigwetch - Ojibwe
124. Takk - Old Norse
125. Бузныг - Buznyg - Ossetian
126. Danki - Papiamento
127. مننه - Manana - Pashto
128. تشکر از شما - Motashakkeram/Mamnun (formal); Mochchakkeram/Mersi (informal) - Persian
129. Dziękuję - Polish
130. Obrigada (female)/Obrigado (male); Obrigadão; Valeu - Portuguese
131. ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ - Tuhāḍā dhanavāda - Punjabi
132. Diboti - Punu
133. Sulpáy - Quechua
134. Mauruuru - Rapa Nui
135. Najis tuke - Romani
136. Mulţumesc; Mersi; Bogdaproste - Romanian
137. Cпасибо - Spacibo - Russian
138. Giitu - Sami (Northern)
139. Faafetai - Samoan
140. Singuila - Sango
141. Gratzias - Sardianian
142. Tapadh leat; Tapadh leibh - Scots Gaelic
143. Xвала ти - Havala ti - Serbian
144. Kea leboha - Sesotho
145. Marahaba - Shimaore
146. Waita; Maita - Shona
147. توهان جي مهرباني - Meharbani - Sindhi
148. ස්තූතියි - Stūtiyi - Sinhala
149. Ďakujem - Slovak
150. Hvala ti - Slovenian
151. Hvala ti - Sobota
152. Waad mahadsantahay - Somali
153. Fofo - Songhai
154. Nouari - Soninke
155. Gracias; Muchas Gracias - Spanish
156. Hatur nuhun - Sunanese
157. Asante; asante sana - Swahili
158. Tack - Swedish
159. Salamat - Tagalog
160. Mauruuru - Tahitian
161. Ташаккур - rahmat - Tajik
162. நன்றி - Naṉṟi - Tamil
163. Рәхмәт - Rhamat - Tatar
164. ధన్యవాదాలు - Dhan'yavādālu - Telugu
165. ขอบคุณค่ะ - Kop khun kha (female); ขอบคุณครับ - Kop khun krap (male) - Thai
166. Yekeniele - Tigrinya
167. Tualumba - Tongan
168. Kurre sumanga - Toraja
169. Taonga - Tumbuka
170. Teşekkür ederim; Sağolun - Turkish
171. Sag bol - Turkmen
172. Meda wo ase - Twi (Ashanti)
173. Tau - Udmurt
174. Дякую - Dyakuyu - Ukrainian
175. شکریہ - Shukriya - Urdu
176. رەھمەت سىزگە - Uyghur
177. Rahmat - Uzbek
178. Cảm ơn bạn - Vietnamese
179. Malo te ofa - Wallisian
180. Gråces; Merci - Walloon
181. Diolch yn fawr - Welsh
182. Jërëjëf - Wolof
183. Enkosi - Xhosa
184. Kettu'i - Yaqui
185. דאַנקען דיר - A dank - Yiddish
186. Balika - Yocuba
187. O ṣeun - Yoruba
188. Quyana - Yupik
189. Ngiyabonga; ngiyabonga kakhulu - Zulu
I LOVE finding people from around the world that share in the consciousness of gratitude and thank you.
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Denzel Washington, and giving thanks.
In my kinda nerdy ways, I came across this from dictionary.com. What is the greatest word of all time? Read the article and see the chart as it is fascinating.
I am eternally thankful to those that helped, and continue to help, with this project. 10,000 Thank YOU'S.
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