in which languages can you say thanks?

[Zebra]

you dont have to know the full language, just thanks

i list some that i know

 

[Darkwind]

All of them.

Expressing gratitude isn't really a language thing.

 

[Zebra]

i am referring to the words for thank you!

 

[Maxdeath]

Not going off just yours I have a smattering of bits and pieces of 7 languages. Sorry Latin is not one.

 

[HikerGuy83]

"Xie Xie" Mandarin.
"Kamsahamdeda" Korean
"Spasibo" Russian

 

[Zebra]

Not going off just yours I have a smattering of bits and pieces of 7 languages. Sorry Latin is not one.

Latin would be gratias

 

[Zebra]

"Xie Xie" Mandarin.
"Kamsahamdeda" Korean
"Spasibo" Russian

spasibo I know

 

[HikerGuy83]

spasibo I know

The korean sounds like it is spelled.

The mandarin is prounounced "She-a Shea" short e.

 

[Zebra]

Tak .... in Danish

 

[Zebra]

5 of 5 say Spanish

 

[Zebra]

I need not list English, I think

Everybody will know that.

 

[Deadstick]

you dont have to know the full language, just thanks

i list some that i know

French, German, Spanish and Dutch, these are the ones i know without looking them up.

 

[Zebra]

French, German, Spanish and Dutch, these are the ones i know without looking them up.

i forgot Dutch in the list

 

[Deadstick]

i forgot Dutch in the list

Dutch bedankt, i have a few words of Dutch but one part the of the Netherlands i have visited many times over the years on the West coast most speak English, the other part i have also spent a lot of time is in the Eastern province of Noord Brabant not far from the German border use of English not used as much.

 

[Zebra]

Dutch bedankt, i have a few words of Dutch but one part the of the Netherlands i have visited many times over the years on the West coast most speak English, the other part i have also spent a lot of time is in the Eastern province of Noord Brabant not far from the German border use of English not used as much.

bedankt .... i remember .....

sounds like the German word for thanked

 

[Deadstick]

bedankt .... i remember .....

sounds like the German word for thanked

Yes when you look into the Dutch language there are many cases of English and German influences, it can be confusing.

 

[Zebra]

Yes when you look into the Dutch language there are many cases of English and German influences, it can be confusing.

one might say that Dutch is just a North German dialect ....

but the Dutch would not agree ....

 

[Deadstick]

Yes when you look into the Dutch language there are many cases of English and German influences, it can be confusing.

I know Dutch people who have command of English to a very high level, some people have a gift for it, Dutch friend of mine who sadly passed away last year spoke flawless English French and German, his English was without almost no accent, he was an Army Officer so would have mixed with others from different Countries, a intersting story about his Dad who i met, he was also a Dutch army officer at the outbreak of WW2 and was captured by the Germans and sent to a Officers POW camp in Poland, he spoke several languages including Russian,when the Red army liberated his POW camp he was used by them to interrogate captured German Soldiers as they advanced West before being free to join allied forces.

 

[Deadstick]

one might say that Dutch is just a North German dialect ....

but the Dutch would not agree ....

I don't think so and remember the Belgians in parts speak Flemish almost the same as Dutch, my friend used to joke Belgium isn't a real Country a little controversial i think.

 

[Zebra]

I don't think so and remember the Belgians in parts speak Flemish almost the same as Dutch, my friend used to joke Belgium isn't a real Country a little controversial i think.

right, Flemish is just another German dialect, as is Luxemburgish and Swiss German