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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
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Thank you in many languages
How to express your thanks in numerous different languages, and how to reply when
someone thanks you.
In some cultures, particularly English-speaking ones, people tend to say thank you
more than in other cultures. In China, for example, people rarely say thank you to
their family and close friends.
To hear recordings of the phrases please click on the ones that are links, or to see
more phrases in each language please click on the language names.
Key to abbreviations: (v)inf = (very) informal, (v)frm = (very) formal, sg = said to
one person, pl = said to more than one person.
Language
Thank you
Abenaki
wiliwni
Dankie
Baie dankie
Hioy'oy
Iyayiraykere
Alíila
Faleminderit
Falemenderit shumë
Afrikaans
Ainu
Alabama
Albanian
Aleut
Alsatian
Amharic
Apache
Reply
Qagaasakuq
Mersi / Vielmohls mersi
(ameseginalehugn)
(betam
ameseginalehugn)
Ihe edn
Nie te danke / Dis 'n plesier
Ju lutem
(əshi)
Arabic
(Egyptian)
(shukrān) ‫ﺷﻜﺮﺍﹰ‬
(mut shakkrān) ‫ﻣﺘﺸﻜّﺮﻳﻦ‬
(shukrān gazēlan) ً‫ﺷﻜﺮﺍﹰ ﺟﺰﻳﻼ‬
('afwan) ً‫ﻋﻔﻮﺍ‬
Arabic
(Modern
Standard)
(shukran) ‫ﺷﻜﺮﺍ‬
(shukran jazīlan) ‫ﺷﻜﺮﺍ ﺟﺰﻳﻞ‬
(al'afw) ‫ﺃﻟﻌﻔﻮ‬
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(shukran) ‫ﺷﻜﺮﺍ‬
(shukran bezzef) ‫ﺷﻜﺮﺍ ﺑﺰﺍﻑ‬
(bla zhmīl) ‫ﺑﻼ ﺟﻤﻴﻞ‬
‫ﻻ ﺷﻜﺮﺍ ﻋﻠﻲ ﻭﺍﺟﺐ‬
(la shukran ʿla wazhb)
Aragonese
Arapaho
Grazias
Hohóu
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
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Armenian
(Eastern)
մերսի (Mersi) - inf
շնորհակալություն
(Shnorhakalutyun) - frm
խնդրեմ (Khndrem)
չարժե (Ch‘arzhe)
Ոչինչ է (Vochinch e)
Armenian
(Western)
Մերսի: (Mersee)
Շնորհակալ եմ:
(Shnorhagal em) frm
Չ'արժեր: (Charzher)
Բան մը չէ: (Pan muh che)
Ոչինչ է (Vochinch e)
Aromanian
Assamese
Hristo / Hristo multu
৺৺৺৺৺৺৺৺৺ (dhoiynyobaad)
Asturian
Gracies
Aymara
Juspajaraña / Juspajarkätam
Təşəkkür edirəm
Çox sağ ol
Çox sağ olun (pl)
Azerbaijani
Balinese
Suksema (inf) Matur suksema (frm)
Basque
Batak (Toba)
Eskerrik asko
Mauliate
Belarusian
Дзякуй (Dziakuy)
Дзякую вам (Dziakuyu vam)
Шчыры дзякуй (Ščyry dzjakuj)
Bemba
Bengali
Bhojpuri
Bislama
Няма за што
(Nyama za shto)
Tangkiu
ᖹᒧᐧᖹᖱᔪᒣᖽ (nitsíniiyi'taki)
Bosnian
Hvala
Breton
Trugarez / Trugarez vras
благодаря (blagodarya)
Мерси (Mersi)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti) sg/inf
благодаря ви (blagodarya vi) pl/frm
благодаря ви много
(blagodarya vi mnogo)
Много благодаря
(mnogo blagodarya)
Много Ви благодаря
(mnogo vi blagodarya)
ၙၙ ၙၙၙၙၙၙၙ (cè-zù-bèh)
ၙၙ ၙၙၙၙၙၙၙၙ ၙၙၙၙ
(cè-zù tin-ba-deh)
Burmese
Ez da eser
Tsikomo
৺৺৺৺৺৺৺৺৺ (dhonnobad)
ध"यवाद (dhanyavad)
Blackfoot
Bulgarian
Buyurun
Xoş gəldiniz
Dəyməz
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm
Netra, Mann bet
Добре дошъл
(dobre došãl)
Няма защо
(Njama zašto)
Моля (Molja)
ၙၙၙၙၙၙ ၙၙ ၙၙၙၙ
(keiq-sá mashí-ba-bù)
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
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Cape Verdean
Obrigadu
Catalan
Gràcies / Moltes gràcies / Mercès
De res
Salamat
Daghang salamat
Si Yu'us Må'åse' (lit. "God have
mercy")
Walay sapayan
Wa'y sapayan
Cebuano
Chamorro
Chechen
Barkalla
Cherokee
ᏩᏙ (wado)
Cheyenne
Chichewa
Néá'eše
Zikomo
Chinese
(Cantonese)
Chinese
(Hakka)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
Buen Probechu
多謝 (dòjeh) - for a gift
唔該 (m̀hgòi) - for a service
唔駛
(m̀hsái)
唔駛客氣
(m̀hsái haakhei)
冇問題
(móuh mahntàih)
多謝 (to 1 ts'ia5 )
唔駛客氣
(m1 su hak 7 hi 5 )
謝謝 [谢谢] (xièxie)
感謝你 [感谢你] (gǎnxiè nǐ)
非常感謝(你) (fēicháng gǎnxiè (nǐ))
不客氣 [不客气]
(bú kèqi)
不用謝 [不用谢]
(bú yòng xiè)
沒關係 [没 系]
(méi guānxi)
沒問題 [没问题]
(méi wèntí)
Chinese
谢谢 (shiazia)
(Shanghainese) jiauguai shiazia non
勿要谢
(vyo ja)
没 系
(maq kueshi)
勿要客气
(vyo khatchi)
没事体俄
(maq zithi e)
Chinese
(Taiwanese)
免客氣
(bian 2 kheh-khi3 )
Chinese
(Teochew)
多謝 (to-sia 7 )
joi7
(joi7
sia 7 )
謝
感謝 (gam 2 sia 7 )
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm
免客气
(miang6 ket 8 -ki3 )
勿客气
(mai5 ket 8 -ki3 )
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
感謝
(gam 2
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sia 7 )
(mai5 ket 8 -ki3 )
Choctaw
Chi yakōkilih chi
(inf)
Cimbrian
Comanche
Cornish
Vorbàis Gott!
Ura
Meur rasta / Murrasta / Durdaladawhy
Corsican
À ringraziè vi
Cree
Croatian
Crow
Czech
Dalecarlian
Danish
Dhivehi
Dinka
Dutch
English
Esperanto
Estonian
toh (frm) Yakokih
ᑲᓇᓇᐢᑯᒥᑎᐣ (kinana'skomitin)
ᒦᒃᐌᒡ (mîkwêc)
Hvala
Hvala lijepa
Ahó
Dík, Díky, Dĕkuju, Dĕkuju pĕknĕ (inf)
Dĕkuji, Dĕkuji vám, Dĕkuji pĕknĕ
Dĕkuji vám mnohokrát, Mockrát
dĕkuji
Děkuji nastotisíckrát
Tákk
Nema na čemu!
Prosím, nemáte zač
Není zač
Rádo se stalo
Tak / Mange tak
Det var så lidt
Tusind tak (thousand thanks)
Ingen årsag
Tak for ... (thanks for ...)
(shukuriyyaa) ‫ޱޱޱޱޱޱޱޱޱޱ‬
Yin aca leec
Dank U / Dank U wel (frm)
Bedankt, Dank je wel (inf)
Dank U zeer (thank you very much)
Duizendmaal dank (thousand times
thanks)
Thank you
Thank you very much
Thank you kindly
Thanks a lot
Many thanks
Thanks
Cheers
Ta (used mainly in northen England)
Dankon
Dankegon
Tänan Tänan teid Tänan teid väga
Aitäh Suur aitäh
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Graag gedaan
Geen dank
Alstublieft
Alsjeblieft
You're welcome
Don't mention it
My pleasure
No problem
No probs
Not a problem
No worries
No big deal
Nedankinde
Pole tänu väärt
Võta heaks
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
Faroese
Fijian
Finnish
French
Takk
Takk fyri
Vinaka
Vinaka vaka levu
Kiitos
Kiitoksia oikein paljon
Merci
Merci beaucoup
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Tað var so lítið
Eipä kestä
Eipä kestä kiittää
De rien
Il n'y a pas de quoi
Je vous en prie
Avec plaisir
À votre service
Frisian (North) Foole tunk
Frisian (West)
Friulian
Galician
Garo
Tige tank
Graciis
Grazas, Graciñas
Moitas grazas
Mitela
De nada
Non hai de que
Aiao! Mamungba ong'ja na'a!
Georgian
გმადლობთ (gmadlobth)
დიდი მადლობა (didi madloba)
არაფერს (araphers)
German
Danke, Danke schön, Vielen dank
Tausend Dank, Danke vielmals
Recht schönen Dank
Ich danke Ihnen/dir,
Ich bin (Ihnen/dir) sehr dankbar
für...,
Mit tiefer Dankbarkeit
Bitte
Bitte schön
Bitte sehr
Nichts zu danken
German
(Swiss)
Merci / Merci vilmal/viumou
Greek
Greenlandic
Guaraní
Gujarati
Haida
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Hawaiian
Ευχαριστώ (Efharistó )
Ευχαριστώ πολύ (Efharistó polí)
Qujanaq
Qujanarsuaq
Aguyje
ધ"યવાદ
(dhanvād)
Háw'aa
Mesi
Na gode
Mahalo, Mahalo nui
Mahalo iâ ‘oe, Mahalo nui loa
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Παρακαλώ (Parakaló)
Illillu (sg)
Ilisillu (pl)
તમાર*+ ,વાગત છ
(tamārūṃ svāgata cha)
‘A‘ole pilikia, He mea iki
Ka hau‘oli na‘u
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
(toda) ‫תודה‬
(rav todot) ‫רב תודות‬
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Igbo
Iloko
Indonesian
Ingush
Inuktitut
Iñupiaq
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आभारी +, (ābhārī hōṅ)
ध"यवाद (dhanyavād)
Köszi / Köszönöm
Köszönöm szépen
Takk / Takk fyrir
Þakka þér fyrir / Kærar þakkir
Dalu
(bevakasha) ‫בבקשה‬
आपका /वागत 2 (āpa kā svgāta
hai)
Szívesen
Nincs mit
Það var ekkert
Pagyamanan
Makasih ya (inf) Makasih (vinf)
Kembali
Terima kasih
Sama-sama
Terima kasih banyak (frm)
Dengan senang hati
Barkal (thanks)
Barkal xalda hwuona (thanks be to
you)
Saagha xalda hwa (thank you very
much)
Deala reaza xalda hwuona (thank you
very much)
ᖁᔭᓇᐃᓐᓂ (Quyanainni)
ᖁᐅᓇ (Quana)
ᒪ'ᓇ (Ma'na)
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ (Qujannamiik)
ᓇᑯᕐᒦᒃ (Nakurmiik)
Quyanaq
Qayaannaqpauraq / Taikuuqpauraq
ᐃᓛᓕ (Ilaali)
Akuqtuġikpiñ / Paġlagikpiñ
Irish (Gaelic)
Go raibh maith agat
Go raibh míle maith agat
Gura míle
’Sé do bheatha
Ná habair
Go ndéana (sé) maith duit
Fáilte
Tá fáilte romhat
Italian
Grazie
Molte grazie
Grazie mille
Prego
Italian (Roman
Grazzie
dialect)
Japanese
どうも (dōmo)
ありがとう (arigatō)
ありがとうございます (arigatō
gozaimasu)
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm
どう致しまして
どういたしまして
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
Japanese
Javanese
Jèrriais
Kannada
Kazakh
Khasi
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gozaimasu)
どうもありがとう (dōmo arigatō)
どうもありがとうございます (dōmo
arigatō gozaimasu)
Suwun, Suwun ge, Trim (inf)
Matur nuwun (frm)
Mèrcie
Mèrcie bein des fais
ೲೲೲೲೲೲೲೲೲೲ
(dhanyavādagaḷu)
Рахмет (Raxmet)
Khublei
どういたしまして
(dō itashimashite)
Sami-sami (inf)
Pạdhạ-pạdhạ (frm)
Ymleilei
៹៹៹៹៹៹៹ (awt
Khmer
៹៹៹៹៹
(aw kohn)
ei
te)
៹៹៹៹៹៹៹៹៹
(sohm anjoe-in)
Kiribati
Klamath
Klallam
Korean
!Kung San
Kurdish
Lakota
Lao
Latin
Ko rab'a
Sepk'eec'a
Háʔnəŋ cn
감사합니다 (kamsahamnida) - frm
고맙습니다 (komapsumnida) - inf
!Kin !ka
아니에요 (anieyo)
(supas) ‫ﺳﻮﭘﺎﺱ‬
‌‫ﺷﺎﯾﺎﻧﯽ ﻧﯿﻪ‬
Pilámaya
ໝໝໝໝໝ (khàwp ja̖i)
ໝໝໝໝໝໝໝໝໝໝ (khàwp ja̖i lãi
lãi)
Gratias tibi ago (inf)
Gratias vobis ago (frm/pl)
Multas gratias vobis ago
ໝໝໝໝໝໝໝໝໝໝໝ
(baw pe̖n nyãng)
Precare (sg)
Precamini (pl)
Latvian
Paldies
Vienmēr laipni
Lūdzu
Lingala
Lithuanian
Lojban
Merci
Ačiū, Dėkoju, Labai ačiū
ki'e, ki'esai, ki'ecai
Prašom
Luganda
Weebale
Luxembourgish Merci / Villmols merci
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm
'T ass gär geschitt
'T ass näischt
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
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Macedonian
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Молам Нема на што
Ви благодарам (Vi blagodaram) - frm (Molam, nema na shto)
Malagasy
Malay
Misaotra
Terima kasih
Malayalam
൯൯൯൯ (naani)
൯൯൯൯൯൯ (upakaram)
Maltese
Manx
Māori
Marathi
Grazzi
Grazzi ħafna
Gura mie ayd (inf/sg)
Gura mie eu (frm/pl)
Gura mie mooar eu/ayd
Kia ora
आभारी आ3 (ābhārī āhe)
ध"यवाद (dhanyāvad)
Mauritian
Mersi
Creole
Mayan (K'iche') Maltiox
Wela'lin (sg)
Mi'kmaq
Wela'lioq (pl)
Michif
Marci
Mohawk
Nia:wen
Moldavan
Мулцумеск (mulcumesk)
Баярлаа (Bayarlaa)
Mongolian
Баярлалаа (Bayarlalaa)
Tlazohcamati
Nahuatl
Cenca tlazohcamati
Nama
Eio
ध"यवाद (dhanyabad)
Nepali
Navajo
Ndebele
Nieuan
Northern Sotho
Norwegian
Ahxéhee'
Ngiyathokoza
Fakaaue
Ke a leboga
Takk (thanks)
Tusen Takk (a thousand thanks)
Mange Takk (many thanks)
Takk så mye (thanks a lot)
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm
Sama-sama
൯൯൯൯൯൯൯‍൯൯൯൯
൯൯൯൯൯൯൯
(ningngaḷakku svāgatam)
merħba bik
ta' xejn
m'hemmx mn'hiex
xejn, xejn
She dty vea
Зүгээр (Zügeer)
Ingen årsak
Vær så god
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
Occitan
Ojibwe
Mercés
Miigwech
Okinawan
Papiamento
Nifee deebiru
Danki
Persian
Piedmontese
Pijin
Plattdeutsch
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Quechua
Quenya
Rapanui
Romanian
Romany
Rotuman
‫ﺧﻮﺍﻫﺶ ﻣﻲ ﻛﻨﻢ‬
(khahesh mikonam)
Grassie
Grassie tant
Tanggio
Dankscheen
Dzięki, Dziękuję
Serdecznie dziękuję
Obrigado Obrigada
Muito obrigado/a
Obrigadinho/a
Muito agradecido/a(s)
More details about saying thank you
in Portuguese
ਸ਼"ਕਿਰਆ (zukriā)
Agradisiyki
Hantanye
Maururu
Mersi / Mulţumesc
Mulţumesc foarte mulţ
Saami
Samoan
Sardinian
Scots
Thank ye, ta
Scottish Gaelic
Amb plaser!
vinf - (mersi) ‫ﻣﺮﺳﻲ‬
frm - (mamnūnam) ‫ﳑﻨﻮﱎ‬
vfrm - (moteshakkeram) ‫ﻣﺘﺸﻜﺮﻡ‬
Nais
Noa’ia
Спасибо (Spasiba)
Огpомное спасибо (Ogromnoe
spasiba)
Большое спасибо (Bol'šoe spasiba)
Благодарю вас (Blagodarju vas) - frm
Giitit itt
Fa'afetai
Grassias
Russian
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Tapadh leat (inf)
Tapadh leibh (frm/pl)
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Proszę bardzo,
Nie ma za co (inf)
De nada (inf)
Não há de quê (frm)
Você é bem-vindo
Aji koi gal nahin!
Cu plăcere
Не за что
(Ne za čto)
Пожалуйста
(Požalujsta)
'Ua lelei
Ye're welcome!
Nae problem
'S e do bheatha (inf)
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Scottish Gaelic
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Setswana
Shona
Taing mhór
'Se ur beatha (frm)
Móran taing
Ke a leboga
Хвала (Hvala)
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Молим (Molim)
Хвала вам (Hvala vam)
Много вам хвала (Mnogo vam hvala)
Ke a leboha
O amohetswe
Ke a leboha haholo
Ke a leboga
Waita zvako (sg) Maita zvenyu (pl)
Ndizvozvo
Sibe (Manchu)
Sicilian
Sindarin
SiSwati
Slavey
Sinde baniha
Grazzii
(Rim) hennaid
Ngiyabonga
Masi
Slovak
Ďakujem, Ďakujem vám Ďakujem
pekne
Ďakujem vel’mi pekne
Prosím
Niet za čo
Slovenian
Hvala, Hvala lepa, Najlepša hvala
Prosim
Ni za kaj
Somali
Sorbian
(Upper)
Sorbian
(Lower)
Mahadsanid
Adigaa mudan
Sepedi
Serbian
Sesotho
Spanish
Sranan
Stellingwarfs
Sundanese
Swahili
Swedish
Dźakuju
Źĕkujom
Gracias
Muchas gracias
Grantangi
Daank
Nuhun / Hatur nuhun (frm) / Nuhun
pisan
Asante, Asante sana (sg)
Asanteni (pl)
Tack (thanks)
Tack så mycket (thanks very much)
Tusen tack (a thousand thanks)
Salamat po / Maraming salamat po
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm
De nada
No hay de qué
Sami-sami
Asante kushukuru
Inget att tacka för
Var så god
Ingen orsak
Det var så lite
Wala pong anuman (frm)
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
Tagalog
Tahitian
Tamil
Telugu
Tetum
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(frm)
Salamat Maraming salamat (inf)
Mauruuru
Mauruuru roa
ந"# (nandri)
$%ப ந"# (romba nandri)
౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯౯ !
(dhanyavaadhamulu)
Obrigadu (m)
Obrigada (f)
Obrigadu/a barak
Thai
ขอบคุณ (khàwp khun)
ขอบคุณมาก (khàwp khun mâak)
Tibetan
!གས་%ེ་ཆེ་། (tujay-chay)
!གས་%ེཞེ་*ག་ཆེ་། (tujay shita-chay)
Tigrinya
Tlingit
Tok Pisin
Tsez
Tshivenḓa
Tongan
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Walloon
Welsh
Wolof
உ(க*+, ந-வர0
౯౯ ౯౯౯౯౯౯ !
(maa saṅthoashaṅ)
La iha buat ida
Lalika temi
ไม่เป็นไร (mâi bpen rai)
+་དགོས་ཡག་ཡོད་ཡོད་མ་རེད།
(shu-goyak yaw maray)
(yeQenyelay)
Gunalchéesh / Gunalchéesh hó hó
Tenkyu
Баркала (Barkala)
Ndi a livhuwa
Malo / Malo 'aupito
Teşekkürler, sağol, sağolun
Teşekkür ederim
Çok teşekkür ederim
Дякую (Diakuju)
Дуже дякую (Duže diakuju)
Urdu
Uzbek
Valencian
Wala pong anuman (frm)
Walang anuman (inf)
(bahut) shukrīya ‫)ﺑﮧﺕ( ﺷﻜﺮﻳﻪ‬
Rahmat / Katta rahmat
Gracies
Xin cảm ơn
Cảm ơn ông (>m) Cảm ơn bà (>f)
Mèrci
Mèrci brâmint
Diolch
Diolch yn fawr
Diolch yn fawr iawn
Diolch o galon
'Io malo
Bir şey değil
Rica ederim
Прошу будь даска
(Prošu, buď laska)
(koi baat nahin) ‫ﻮﯼ ﺑﺎﺕ ﻧﮧﯾﮟ‬V
Арзимайди (Arzimajdi)
Không có gì
Croeso / Iawn
Jërë-jëf
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Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
Xhosa
Xitsonga
Yapese
Yiddish
Yorùbá
Yumpla Tok
Yupik
Zulu
11/8/10 6:11 PM
Ndiyabulela / Enkosi
Ndza nkhensa
Kammagar
(A dank) ‫( אַ דאַנק‬A sheynem dank) ‫אַ‬
‫שיינען דאַנק‬
Ọ se / E se
Eso po yu
Yum bo'otik / Ighamsiqanaghalek
Ngiyabonga
Ngiyabonga kakhulu (sg)
Siyabonga (pl)
Wamkelekile
(Nishto farvos) ‫נישטאָ פֿאַרװאָס‬
Ko to ọpẹ
Uyamukelwa (sg)
Niyamukelwa (pl)
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