Statements of Gratitude and Good Cheer from places around
the World where I have been:
(in no particular order)
Language |
Statement of Gratitude | Statement of Good Health or Cheer |
| English | Thanks Thank You |
Cheers |
| Italian | Grazie (grat-zee or grat-zee-eh) | A la salute Salute Cin cin |
| Spanish | Gracias (gra-see-ahs) | Salud Salud, amor y pesetas y el
tiempo para gustarlos! |
| French | Merci (mail-see) Merci boucoup |
A votre saunte |
| Hebrew | Toda | L'chaim |
| Swahili | Asante (Kenya) Asante Sana Shukrani(Tanzania) Nashukuru |
unakunyua mbega mutoto Mbega Mbega Pombe, Pombe! My own phrase which I repeated continuously while climbing Kilimanjaro: |
| Norwegian | Takk | Skoal (skal) |
| Japanese | Arigato Domo Arigato Gozaimasu |
Campai! (Always said with enthusiasm) |
| German | Danka Danka Schön |
Prosit |
| Irish | Go raibh mile maith agat (good luck pronouncing this one) |
Sláinte |
| Farsi | Tashakkur | Fee sihetak (Egypt) |
| Arabic | Shukran | Bismillah Fi schettak |
| Portugese | Obrigado | A sua saude Brazilian: |