Thank You in Seven Languages
This short video teaches thank you in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, French, Russian and Arabic. Each word is spoken twice, slowly, in a native voice. Watch it with a child and repeat each word out loud once. By the end, a child can say thank you in seven languages.
Animated edition - hear today’s phrase in each language
Every word is spoken twice by a native voice, with English subtitles.
| Language | Word | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Korean | 고맙습니다 | go-map-seum-ni-da |
| English | THANK YOU | thank-you |
| Japanese | ありがとう | a-ri-ga-toh |
| Chinese | 谢谢 | shieh-shieh |
| Francais | MERCI | mehr-see |
| Russian | СПАСИБО | spa-see-ba |
| Arabic | شكرا | shuk-ran |
When you use it
- Korean: In Korean, thank you is gomapseumnida.
- English: In English, we simply say thank you.
- Japanese: In Japanese, thank you is arigato.
- Chinese: In Chinese, thank you is xiexie.
- Francais: In French, thank you is merci.
- Russian: In Russian, thank you is spasibo.
- Arabic: In Arabic, thank you is shukran.
What this means for ThakiCloud
Localising educational content usually multiplies cost by the number of languages. Here the scenes are produced once, with only the voice, subtitles and on-screen text changing per language, so an eighth language costs almost nothing. The same logic applies internally, where the multilingual speech model’s location matters. Fine-tuning and serving it on Metis keeps training data and children’s voices inside the company cluster. For organisations whose data cannot leave the building, that on-premise setup makes real sovereignty possible.
References
- English “thank you”: Wiktionary
- Korean “고맙습니다 (gomapseumnida)”: Wiktionary
- Japanese “ありがとう (arigato)”: Wiktionary
- Chinese “谢谢 (xiexie)”: Wiktionary
- French “merci”: Wiktionary
- Russian “спасибо (spasibo)”: Wiktionary
- Arabic “شكرا (shukran)”: Wikipedia: Thank you