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How many languages can you say Please and Thank You in? (startrek.website)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ok, Lemmy, let's another play a game!

And I honestly think this one’s more important.

Post how many languages in which you can say Please and Thank You, including your native language. If you can, please provide which languages and how to phonetically say them so the rest of us can learn!

I spent a fair amount of bopping around Europe in the early Aughts and as a native English speaker, I found everyone appreciating my bad mangled attempts at politeness.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I can only speak three but I really used to try to learn some others but suck at it. I praise people who can learn grammatically challenging languages

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

2 English and German

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Off the top or my head: English, Spanish, German, Russian (assuming I remember from 35 years ago). On a good day I can remember Thai, but not today.

Spanish and German are well documented here.

So I dated a girl who took Russian in high school. I learned the alphabet. Sometimes I think I can still recite it, other times I stumble.

Phonetically (and likely butchered): speSEEba / paZHAlista

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

English and Japanese (I don't speak much Japanese at all but I know these specific word!)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

English : Please, thank you

French: S'il te plait, merci

Spanish: Por favor, gracias

Japanese: お願い、ありがとう(oh neh gah i, arigatoo)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Please (English)

kiitos (Finnish)
chōdai / kudasai (Japanese)
s’il vous plaît (French)
por favor (Spanish)
bitte (German)

Thank you (English)

kiitos (Finnish)
arigatō (gozaimas) / dōmo (Japanese)
gracias (Spanish)
merci (French)
grazie (Italian)
kamsahamnida (Korean)
xiexie (Chinese)
tänan (Estonian)
danke (German)
spasiba (Russian)
tack (Svedish)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

please two. thank you five.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am unsure how to best do the pronouncing, but en Español: por favor (last part of favor is more pronounced) gracias (first part is more pronounced) In English: please thank you (pronounce more the part that makes sense for the situation)

What about you :)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Please & cheers.

S'il vois plait & merci (beaucoup)

Terog & multzumesc/multzumeme (singular vs. plural thank you)

Bitter & danke

-- & spaseba

-- & tak

Qîng & xìexìe

-- & diàhdiah

Had more, but forgot them. Have forgotten at the Turkish and a Miao language phrases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Mostly thanks because that's the only word I learned when I'm visiting.

obrigado, obrigada - Portuguese Bitte/Danke - Deutsch dack - Dutch Gratzi - Italian Por favor/Gracias - Spanish Takk - norge Merci - French 不好意思。/ 謝謝 - Chinese ありがとう - Japanese Oi cunt / thank ye cunt

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

English

German

Spanish

Arabic

Korean

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Please + thank you

Sil vous plait et Merci

Bitte + Danke

Por favor + Gracias

Shukran thanks in Arabic but I don't know how to say please.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

English: Please : Thank you

French: Aujourd'hui : Merci

Spanish: Por Favor : Gracias

German: Regenbogen : Danke

Swedish: tillhör alla : tack

EDIT: This was just a small play at poetry as I wish I knew all of these languages but do not

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Zero

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