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.

  • owatnext@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “Please” and “thank you”. English.

    (Pleez ahnd thank yehw)

    “Oes gwelwch chi’n dda” ac “diolch”. Welsh/Cymraeg.

    (Oys gwel ook kheen thza ak deeolkh)

    “Por favor” y “gracías”. Spanish/español.

    (Pour fah vour ee gras ee AHS)

  • jwr1@kbin.earth
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    1 year ago

    Do programming languages count? :)

    Here’s Go:

    package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Please and Thank You")
}
  • rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com
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    1 year ago

    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 :)

    • showmeyourkizinti@startrek.websiteOP
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      1 year ago

      I’m rusty in a bunch. My favourites are the Scandinavian languages just because how the people lit up whenever you tried. It was like “Bless your heart, you poor English speaker.” Like they were watching a puppy.

  • yool_ooloo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    English: Please : Thank you

    French: Aujourd’hui : Merci

    Spanish: Por Favor : Gracias

    German: Regenbogen : Danke

    Swedish: tillhör alla : tack

    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Aujourd’hui means today. You’re looking for: s’il vous/te plait.

      In German, bitte is please (and part of you’re welcome) but regenbogen means 🌈, so youre still spreading happiness.

      I remember I once told a German person ‘ich besuche dich diese wochenende.’ I’ll visit you this weekend. I meant to wish them a nice weekend. They were quite surprised as we met in a professional work setting, not social, lol.

  • Binette@lemmy.ml
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    1 year 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)

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    English, Spanish, Japanese.

    Please, and thank you.

    Por favor y gracias. (Pour fah-vore ee grassy ahs)

    Kudasai, arigato. (Or if you wanna be extra polite: onegaishimasu, arigato gozaimasu) (Ku-dah sigh, are-ee gato/own ee guy mosh, are-ee gato go sigh moss)

    I know “please” in German, but not thank you. Bitte.

  • Mr Fish@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Two languages. English and Maori.

    Thank you in Maori is “kia ora” (key-ah or-ah, but mostly said more like k-your-ah). Literally translates to “be well”, kia meaning be, ora meaning life/wellness.

    Please in Maori is a bit less clear. There is the word “koa” (I don’t know how to phonetically write it, but all the letters are pronounced the same as above), but that’s a concept that came with pakeha (European settlers). Before that, it was more about the tone of the request.

    Edit: actually I do know more, but English and Maori are the two main languages I know any of.

  • Onionguy@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    German Bitte, Danke

    English U KNOW

    French S’il vous plâit, merci

    Spanish Por favor, graçias

    Italian Per favore, grazie

    Czech Prossim, djekuju

    …6 ig :D

  • aleq@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    1. S’il vous plaît / Merci in French.

    2. Snälla / Tack in Swedish (I guess, not sure which word is best translation). Norwegian is something like var så snill / takk I think.

    3. Onegai / Arigatō in Japanese. (Or kudasai as someone mentioned)

    4. 请 (qǐng) / 谢谢 (xièxie) in Chinese.

    Had to check Polish spelling but proszę / dziękuję I think. Not 100% sure about proszę as I think that’s also used when giving someone something, kinda like “here you go”? On a better day I would’ve probably remembered bitte/danke for German too. :-(

  • DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Bissäguet, Merci (Swiss German)
    Bitte, Danke (German)
    Please, thank you (English)
    S’il vous plait, merci (French)
    Par favore, grazie (Italian)
    Bonvolu, dankon (Esperanto)
    Onegaishimasu, Arigatougozaimasu (Japanese)

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Hmm.

    German, French, English, Japanese (seriously, I never realized how much language I took away from martial arts classes! And in my post about counting, a significant percent of other people did, too), Spanish, Esperanto. I think that’s it - 6.

    I can say “blindingly drunk” in Russian, which seems useful. Also, “trust, but verify,” - thanks, Raegan. Two phrases, neither of which are “please or thank you,” but matching the cardinality of your question so I should get a half-point.