Thursday, November 5, 2009

FI---NA---LY.....!!!!!!!!!!



So I finished my Thesis.. I still got to fix some stuff after my Teacher reads it.. Im sure.. But it's 99% done, let's say!!! I can't believe it.. its just surreal.. I'd like to thank the universe and every single person that has helped me cuz i really trully thought I would never make it..!!! This is a list of THANK YOUS in a lot of different languages.. just because Im happy :)

  • Afrikaans (Africa) - Dankie

  • Albanian - Faleminderit

  • Arabic - Sukran

  • Arabic - Shukran Gazillan (Thank you very much)

  • Armenian - shur-nur-ah-gah-lem

  • Australian - Thoinks, Moite!

  • Basque Country (between France and Spain) - Eskerrik asko (Thank you very much)

  • Bengali - Dhannyabad

  • Bulgarian - Blagodaria

  • Bosnia - Hvala

  • Burma(Myanmar) - Jae Zu Din Pa De (Thank you)

  • Cameroon (Duala) - Na som (thanks)

  • Cameroon (Duala) - Na som djita (Thank you very much)

  • Cantonese - M'goy (sp? -- thank you for the service)

  • Cantonese - Do jey (sp? -- thank you for the gift)

  • Catalonia (catalan) - gràcies [grah'-si-es] estandard

  • Catalonia (catalan) - moltes gràcies [many thanks]

  • Catalonia (catalan) - merci [mer'-si] very colloquial

  • Cherokee Nation - Wado (Thank you)

  • Cherokee (Eastern) - Skee (Thank you)

  • Chinese (Mandarin) - Xie_Xie (shieh shieh)

  • Chinese (Cantonese) Mh goi (m-ghoh-ee) (informal: thanks)

  • Chinese (Cantonese) Do jeh (tou yeh) (formal: thanks)

  • Cook Islander - Kia Manuia

  • Croatia - Hvala Czech – Dekuji (deh'-ku-yih)

  • Danish - tak (tahg)

  • Dutch - dank U wel (dahnk you well) (formal: thank you very much)

  • Dutch - bedankt / dank je wel (dahnk ye well) (informal: thanks) - WEL is 'good', like "I wish you well"

  • Dutch - Dank U zeer / duizend maal dank (thank you VERY much) - a superlative and used when you get stuck in a thunderstorm, then lost, mugged, robbed, etc. And someone helps you. Only then. ZEER is 'very'. JE and U are 'you', but informal and formal. (still alive in old english like in 'ye olde'). "Duizend maal" means a 'thousand times'.

  • Dutch - hartelijk dank (thanks from the heart) Another formal form used in contexts like: "thanks for coming/inviting" (to a wedding, birthday party) or when receiving a formal present. English - Thanks awfully, old boy

  • Esperanto - Dankon (thank you)

  • Esperanto - Dankegon (thank you very much)

  • Estonia - Aitäh

  • Ewe Togo (Africa) - Akpé (Appé)

  • Ewe Togo (Africa) - Apké na wo (Thanks to you)

  • Fijian - Vinaka

  • Fijiab - Vinaka vaka levu (Thank you very much)

  • Finnish - kiitos (kee'-toas)

  • Fon Benin (Africa) - Kpè nu wé

  • French - merci (mehr-see')

  • French - Merci Madame - Thanks (to a woman)

  • French - Merci Mademoiselle - Thanks (to a young girl)

  • French - Merci Monsieur - Thanks (to a man)

  • F.Y.R.O.M. (Macedonia) - Hvala

  • Gambia (Mandinka) - Abarka

  • Georgia(Sakartvelo) - madlobt (thank you)

  • Georgia(Sakartvelo) - didi madloba (thank you very much)

  • German - Danke (dahn'-kuh)

  • German - Danke schoen (literally: nicely thank you, outdated)

  • German - Danke sehr (Thank you very much)

  • German -Vielen Dank (Many Thanks)

  • Greek - Efharisto (ef-har-ris-tou')

  • Greek - Efkaristo poly

  • Guarani - Aguije (ah-we-JAY) native indian language of Paraguay and Western Brazil

  • Guinea (Mandinka) - Abarka

  • Gujarathi (India) - Aabar

  • Hawaiian - Mahalo

  • Hebrew - Toda (toh-dah')

  • Hebrew - Toda raba (thank you very much)

  • Hindi (India National Language) - Dhanyavaad

  • Hindi - Shukriyaa

  • Hungarian - Köszönöm (kuh'-suh-nuhm)

  • Icelandic - Þakka þér fyrir

  • Icelandic - Takk (informal)

  • Indonesian - Terima kasih (teh-ri-mah kah-sih)

  • Indonesian - Terima Kasih Banjak/Banyak (Both pronounced bunyuk - Thank you very much)

  • Iran (Persia) - Moteshakeram (formal)

  • Iran (Persia) - Merci (informal - just like french but r in this word is pronounced as /r/ )

  • Irish - Go raibh maith agat ( Thank you "Go - Rev - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have good things)

  • Irish - Go raibh mile maith agat ( Thank you very much "Go - Rev - Meela - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have a thousand good things)

  • Irish (Northern) - Nice one bro'r, or Cheers mucker!

  • Italian - Grazie (grahts'-yeh)

  • Italian - Grazie tanto (many thanks - cordial version)

  • Italian - Mille Grazie (a thousand thanks)

  • Japanese - Arigato (ah-ree-gah'-toh) or A_Ree_Ga_Tou_Go_Zai_Ma_Su

  • Japanese - Domo arrigato

  • Javanese - Matur nuwun

  • Jive - Thanks mon - Appropriate only if directed to a male

  • Kannada (India) - Dhan-ya-vaadaa (spoken in S India, in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India.)

  • Konkani (West coast - Konkan coast of India - It also is the state official language of Goa) - Dev boren koru (thank you - literally means " May God do good to you" as that is the way we thank people. )

  • Korean - Kamsa hamaida (kam'-sah hum-nee-dah' ) - Paldies

  • Lithuanian - Achu

  • Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale (Thank you)

  • Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale Nyo (Thank you very much)

  • Malayalam (South Indian Language) - Nandi

  • Malayalam (India) - Nani

  • Malaysian - Terima Kasih ("Tay ree ma Kaa seh")

  • Mali (Mandinka) - Abarka

  • Mandinka - Abarka (language of West Africa; The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea and Mali)

  • Maori - Kia
  • Manuia Nepali -- (Nepal National Language) - Dhan-ya-vaad New Zealand - Cheers - LOL

  • New Zealand - Kiaora Koe (NZ Maori)

  • New Zealand - Kiaora Korua (NZ Maori)

  • New Zealand - Kiaora Koto (NZ Maori)

  • New Zealand - Kiaora Tatou (NZ Maori)

  • Nigeria (Hausa) - Na gode

  • Norwegian - Takk (tahkk)

  • Oman - Shakkran

  • Palauan - soolong (Republic of Palau)

  • Paraguay (Guarani) - Aguije (ah-we-JAY)

  • Persian/Farsi - Mam'noon or Mo'teshake'ram (Spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries)

  • Philippines Tagalog - Salamat

  • Philippines - Maraming Salamat (thank you very much)

  • Polish - Dziekuje (dsyehn-koo-yeh)

  • Portuguese - Obrigada (Female)

  • Portuguese - Obrigado (Male) (oh-bree-gah'-doh)

  • Portuguese - Muito Obrigado (Thank you very much)

  • Portuguese - Muito Obrigado com Voce (have my personal thanks)

  • Punjabi [ Pakistan and India] - Bhala Hove

  • Qatar - Shakkran Romanian - Multumesc (phonetic: mooltzoomeask)

  • Romanian - Va multumim frumos (great thanks)

  • Russian - Spasiba (spah-see'-boh)

  • Russian - Blagodaryu (a little official)

  • Russian - Premnogo blagodaren (my greater thanks - words said to bosses by workers)

  • Russian - Spasibo balshoye (big thanks)

  • Samoan - Fa'afetai (fah-ah-feh-ta-e - thank you)

  • Samoan - Fa'afetai tele lava (Thank you very much)

  • Samoan - Talofa Saulteaux Indians (Manitoba, Canada) - Miigwech (meegweech) -- there are similar spellings in other native languages such as Cree, etc.

  • Scottish - Cheers

  • Scot's Gaelic (Informal) - Tapadh Leat (tah-puh let)

  • Scot's Gaelic (Formal) - Tapadh Leibh (tah-puh lave)

  • Scot's Gaelic (Many Thanks) - Moran

  • Taing Senegal (Mandinka) - Abarka Serbo - Croat -Hvala Slovakia – Dakujem (deh'-ku-yem) South Africa - Dankie ("Dung-Key")

  • South Africa - Baie Dankie (thanks very much - "Buyer Dung-Key")

  • Spanish - Gracias (grah'-syas)

  • Spanish - Gracias a todos (Thank you all)

  • Spanish - Muchas gracias (thank you very much, literally: many thanks) While Dutch people scarcely use the superlative forms, the Spanish don't use the minimalistic forms much (mostly in informal context). In Spanish, when a flyer is shoved into your hands, its worth a 'gracias', you normally use 'muchas gracias'.

  • Spanish - Muchisimas gracias (thank you VERY much) - to someone who was useful to you.

  • Spanish - un millón de gracias (a million thanks) - for when someone saves your life.

  • Spanish (Latin America, informal) - Te pasastes. (informal) <---- LOOL

  • Spanish (Latin America, informal) - Se pasó. (formal) Which means "You went over the line", or "thanks for going out of your way to help me". When used, it will get you a smile, guaranteed.

  • Sundanese - Nuhun

  • Sunda - Hatur Nuhun

  • Swahili - Ahsante (ah-sahn'-teh)

  • Swahili - Ahsante Sana (Thank you very much)

  • Swedish - Tack (tahkk)

  • Swedish - Tack så mycket

  • Tahitian - Maururu

  • Tamil (India) - Nandri ("Nun-dry" spoken in South India, Singapore, Malaysia)

  • Teenager - Telungu (South Indian Language)- Manjuthe

  • Thai - Khob Khun Kha (Feminine) Thai - Khob Khun Krab (Masculine) Thai - Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much) Thai - Khop Khun Mak Kha (Feminine) Thai - Khob Khun Mak Krab (Masculine) Thai - Khob Pra Khun Kha (Formal feminine) Thai - Khob Pra Khun Krab (Formal masculine)

  • Tibetan - Thuk Ji Chhe

  • Turkish - Tesekkurler ( teh-sheh-keur eh-deh-rim)

  • Turkish - Çok tesekkur ederim (big thanks)

  • Turkish - Saðol (thank you)

  • Turkish - Saðolun (thank you - "saol")

  • Turkish - Tesekkurler (thanks - "teshekkyurler")

  • U.S. & Canada - Thank You United States (South) - Thanks y'all

  • Ukranian - Dyakuyu

  • Urudu (India) - Shukria

  • Urudu (India) - Bahut Bahut Shukriyaa

  • Urdu [Pakistan, India and Bangla Desh] - Maherbani

  • Urdu (Pakistan) - Shukria

  • Urdu (Pakistan) -Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very much)

  • Urdu (Pakistan) - Bahut Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very very much)

  • Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Rahmat (Thanks)

  • Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Katta Rahmat (Thanks a lot)

  • Vietnamese - Kam ouen Wales/Cymru - Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much)

  • Wales/Cymru - Diolch (thanks)

  • Xhosa (Africa) - Nkosi

  • Yemen - Shakkran

  • Yiddish - A dank

  • Yiddish - Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH)

  • Yoruba - Modupe

  • Yugoslavia - Hvala

  • Zulu - Ngiyabonga

Its not over yet, but Im almost there...!!!!