HIT: "Thank you" in other languages

["Gail G. Faughn" <lm_net@M10.ASTORIA-PARK.LEON.K12.FL.US>]

Thanks to everyone who sent all the great responses!  It was really
interesting to hear from all the people who have lived in other places
and/or speak other languages.  We're a diverse group!  So many people asked
for a copy of the list that I am posting a HIT.

I learned that there are two good WEB sites for answering my query.  One is
www:travlang.com/languages/, which offers translations.  The other is
www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/thankyou.htm, which includes "thank you" in
over 140 languages.  To save space and time for those of you who are paying
for your email, I won't quote the results from those sources -- but if you
don't have access to the WEB and need the actual translations, let me know
and I'll send 'em to you.

There are a few that were sent to me that are not on the latter WEB page,
or are significantly different:

Ndebele (spoken in Zimbabwe)  --  "Ngibongile"

Shona (also Zimbabwe)  --  "Tatenda"

Swahili  --  "Asante" or "Shukrani"

Plains Cree (Alberta, Canada)  --  "Hai hai"

Dunkalo (Guam)  --  "Si yo'us ma'ase" (Great big thank you)

Scots Gaelic (Scotland)  --  "Tapadh leat" (singlular, informal) or "Tapadh
leibh: (formal or plural)

Hebrew (Israel)  --  "Todah rabah"

Kimeru (Kenya)  --  "Ibwega"

Creole (Jamaica)  --  "Tenk yu"

Some of these were given to me by ESOL students (and their parents) in our
Tallahassee schools.  Several of them also wrote out "Thank you" in the
characters used in their language, which of course I can't send out to you,
but I plan to enlarge these on our copier and include them in the contest.

I hope you're able to make use of this list.


Gail Faughn
Media Specialist
Astoria Park Elementary School
2465 Atlas Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32303
faughng@freenet.tlh.fl.us or lm_net@m10.astoria-park.leon.k12.fl.us