28 Ways to Teach Children to Say Thank-you (in Different Languages)

Dear Dr. Robyn,
I want to make my teacher a card for gratitude month and Teacher Appreciation Week. He’s so cool and nice that I want to say thank you in all different ways around the card. I’ll draw all the different ways big and small on the card. Do you know how to say it in Chinese? I knew you would know the answer. Thanks! (Joey Kay, N.J., age 9)

Here you go, Joey! I’m sure your teacher will love the card. I hope you and your friends will show us a copy of some of your cards or pictures! Take a picture of your pictures/cards and send them to us! We’d love to share any Teacher Appreciation messages (from any child or parent) with the Powerful Words Family. We’re all ears!
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Language	Spelling	Pronounciation
Africaans	Dankee	Dahn-kee
Arabic	Shukran	Shoe-Krahn
Chinese, Cantanese	do jeh	daw-dyeh
Chinese, Mandarin	xie xie	syeh-syeh
Czech	dêkuji	deh-ku-yih
Danish	tak	Tahg
Finnish	kiitos	kee-toas
French	Merci	mehr-see
German	danke	dahn-kah
Greek	efharisto	ef-har-rih-stowe
Hawaiian	Mahalo	Ma- hollow
Hebrew	toda	Toh-dah
Hindi, Hindustani	sukria	shoo-kree-a
Italian	grazie	gra-see
Japanese	arigato	ahree-gah-tow
Korean	kamsa hamnida	kahm-sah=ham-nee-da
Norwegian	takk	Tahk
Philippines (Tagalog)	salamat po	sah-lah-maht poh
Polish	dziekuje	dsyen-koo-yeh
Portuguese	obrigado	oh-bree-gah-doh
Russian	spasibo	spah-see-boh
Spanish	gracias	gra-see-us
Sri Lanka (Sinhak)	istutiy	isst-too-tee
Swahili	asante	ah-sahn-the
Swedish	tack	Tahkk
Thai	kawp-kun krap/ka’	kowpkoom-krahp/khak
Turkish	tesekkür ederim	teh-sheh-kur=eh-deh-rim
Vietnamese	Cam O	caam-ungh

Have a Powerful Month!