Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Speak the Language of Kindness

Muchas gracias; there are so many ways to say thank you. Try them all!
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I learned from my globetrotting friend, Santosh that one of the nicest things a traveller can do is to learn how to say the basics in the language of the locals. He stressed that saying THANK YOU is the MOST important word of all.  His guide to global gratitude is below:

Czech: Děkuji
Danish: Tak
Dutch: Dank u
Estonian: Tänan teid
Filipino: Salamat
Finnish: Kiitos
French: Merci
Gaelic: Go raibh maith agat
German: Danke
Hungarian: Köszönöm
Indonesian: Terima kasih
Italian: Grazie
Japanese: Arigato
Latvian: Paldies
Norwegian: Takk
Polish: Dziękuję
Portuguese: Obrigado
Romanian: Mulţumesc
Spanish: Gracias
Swahili: Asante
Swedish: Tack
Vietnamese: Cảm ơn bạn
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr


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