No matter your language-learning goals—travel? family heritage? access to education?—there is one phrase that is sure to come in handy across the globe: thank you. Whether it's a groggy "thanks" for your morning coffee, a heartfelt thank-you note to a generous friend (y'all still write thank-you notes, right?), a quickly-typed "ty" to a helpful coworker, or a tearful embrace upon reuniting with a loved one, there are almost as many ways to show gratitude as there are things to be thankful for, from French merci to Hebrew תודה רבה (todah raba)! 

And at Duolingo, we've got over 500 million reasons to be thankful: YOU, our learners 💚 Here are some of the ways Duolingo employees say "thank you (very much)"—in our own languages!

How to say "thank you" around the world

Amharic አመሰግናለሁ
Amesegnalew
Arabic شكراً (جزيلاً)
Shukran (jazeelan)
Bengali ধন্যবাদ
Dhanyabad
Catalan (Moltes) gràcies
Chinese (Cantonese) 唔該(晒)
M4 goi1 (saai3)
Chinese (Mandarin) (非常/) 感谢您 [polite]
Fēicháng gǎnxiè nín

多谢多谢 [informal]
Duōxiè duōxiè
Czech Děkuji (mnohokrát) [formal]
Děkuju (mockrát) [informal]
Danish (Mange) tak
Dutch (Heel erg) bedankt
Esperanto (Egan) dankon
Farsi متشکرم
Motashekeram

خیلی ممنون
Kheili mamnoon
Finnish Kiitos (paljon)
French Merci (beaucoup)
German Danke
Vielen Dank
Guarani Aguyje
Gujarati (ખુબ ખુબ) આભાર
Khub khub aabhar
Hebrew תודה (רבה)
Todah raba
Hindi (बहुत) शुक्रिया
Bahut shukriya

बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद
Bahut bahut dhanyawad
Icelandic Takk (fyrir)
Italian Grazie (mille)
Japanese ありがとう
Arigato
Korean 감사합니다 [polite]
Gamsahamnida

고마워(요) [informal]
Gomawo(yo)
Malay Terima kasih
Norwegian (Tusen) takk
Polish Dziękuję (bardzo)
Portuguese (Muito) obrigado/obrigada
Valeu [informal]
Russian Большое спасибо
bol'shoye spasibo
Serbian Много вам хвала
(Mnogo vam) hvala
Slovenian Hvala (lepa)
Spanish (Muchas) gracias
Swahili Asante sana
Swedish Tack (så mycket)
Tamil நன்றி
Nandri
Ukrainian Дякую
Dyakuyu
Urdu شکریہ
Shukria
Yiddish אַ (האַרציקן) דאַנק
A (hartsikn) dank

And there's bound to be lots more: Words and phrases that show gratitude can vary across dialects of the local language, by how formal or casual you want to be, or even what you're thanking someone for! No matter which language or form you use, we at Duolingo are thankful that you're learning new languages 💚