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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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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

2 English and German

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

i can say thank you in more languages than i can say please in.

perhaps that says something about me

Obligado

Dankeschön

Merci Beaucop

Thank you

Gracias

Domo Arigato (only in latin type, i have no chance of reading/spelling anything in Kanji)

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You've nailed my languages:

Por favor (you'll see this later)

Bitte (had to check the spelling, but I knew how to say it)

S'il vous plait

Pleeeeeeeeeease

Por favor

I dunno about Japanese.

I can also say it in sign language.

For reference, I am a 37 year old dude from Jersey. I took French in middle and high school (we got to go to Quebec in the eighth grade because someone thought that was a good idea). We have large spanish and Portuguese speaking populations, and my mom's stepmother was also from Cuba, so we got some lessons early on. My high school girlfriend did the German thing so I picked up a little (ich haba einen bruder). Wife speaks pretty fluent sign language. Can also say Kurwa, but that's neither please nor thank you.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] ThePancakeExperiment@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I know some, I guess, hope I do not butcher them:

German(native): Bitte/ Danke (sehr) or Vielen Dank,

English: please/ thank you (very much),

Japanese: どうぞ or おねがいします or ください/ (どうも)ありがとう(ございます) (Which is douzo (when you offer someone something, I think, onegaishimasu/kudasai (if you want something or someone to do something, which is following the request.)/ (domo)arigatou(gozaimasu),

Norwegian: vær så snill / (tusen) takk,
(Which is like "Sei so gut/lieb"/ "Tausend Dank" in German.),

Romanian: vă rog or te rog (formal/informal)/ mulțumesc ((foarte) mult) or mersi (mult) (ă is a short a, I guess and ț is like the ts from "its", or a German z)

French: s'il vous plait (that one I had to look up on how to write)/ merci

Polish: proszę (bardzo)/ dzięki or dziękuję (bardzo) (Like proshe/ djenki/djenkuje)(ę is nasalized)

Portuguese: faz favor or por favor/ obrigado or obrigada (male/female) (o is spoken like an u) (I do not know much Portuguese (like French and Polish), in my book (European Portuguese faz favor and por favor are used, but I do not know the differences.)

[–] yool_ooloo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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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[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months 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.

[–] SexDwarf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months 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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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] randombullet@programming.dev 1 points 2 months 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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[–] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 months 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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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

please two. thank you five.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months 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.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

English

German

Spanish

Arabic

Korean

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago
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