Do you know the origin of the Japanese word for thank you – arigatou? Watch this nice video and find out.
Here are the two kanji mentioned in the vide0:
有 - ari - to exist
難 (no kanji card yet). This is the kanji used in 難しい – muzukashii – difficult
How do you say thank you in your language? Let us know in the comment section.
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Here in Brazil we say “obrigado”. 😀
I don’t know if you’ll get this message and answer, but where does ‘obrigado’ come from? It’s not Spanish, that I know of. Cool to learn, though!
It is portuguese (but also use in Galician).
BR
In Tagalog (Philippines), we say “Salamat” . ^_^
in arabic we said (shukran) ..arigatoo for the explanation 🙂
we say ‘gracias’ in spanish 🙂
In Vietnamese, we said: “Cảm ơn”,
in Turkish we say –> “Teşekkürler” ^^
in Malaysia, we say “Terima Kasih” ^_^
here in the Philippines,we say ” salamat po” for arigatou.
In Tamil language(India) we say — “Nandri”
In English, we say “Thank you”!
(Yes, I’m just joking around).
In Indonesia we said : Terima Kasih (*_^) while in Balinese ( where i live ) is ” Suksma” 😀 for ありがとう
Like J.E., USA English is ‘thanks’ or ‘thank you.’ Sometimes, ‘thank you very much.’
We say “merci” in French.
My friend in Kansai Region tell me that it is “maido”. Which I found later that it comes from “maidoari(gatou)”.
Since I come from Indonesia, we say “terima kasih” or “makasih”, in short.
Doomo… (Well, it’s another way of thanking, right?)
Here in Ireland, it’s “Go raibh maith agat.”
In Denmark we say “Tak” or “Mange tak”
In the netherlands we say “Dankjewel” or “Dank je” or “Bedankt”.