Amharic አማርኛ am
አይደለም አመሰግናለሁ
Aye-de-lem, ah-meh-seh-gen-ah-lehw
A polite refusal in Amharic.
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How to say
No thank you
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Arabic العربية ar
لا، شكراً
Laa, shuk-ran
A standard polite refusal in Arabic.
Bangla বাংলা bn
না, ধন্যবাদ
Nah, dhon-yo-baad
A polite way to decline in Bengali.
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Catalan català ca
No, gràcies
No, grah-thee-es
A polite refusal in Catalan.
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Czech čeština cs
Ne, děkuji
Neh, dye-koo-yee
A standard polite refusal in Czech.
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Danish dansk da
Nej tak
Nay tahk
A polite refusal in Danish.
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German Deutsch de
Nein, danke
Nine, dahn-kuh
A polite way to decline something in German.
Greek Ελληνικά el
Όχι, ευχαριστώ
Oh-hee, ef-ha-rees-toh
A polite way to decline in Greek.
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Spanish Español es
No, gracias
No, grah-thee-as
Use this phrase in any situation where you are declining an offer or request.
Estonian eesti et
Ei, tänan
Ay, tah-nan
A polite refusal in Estonian.
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Basque Basque eu
Ez, eskerrik asko
Ez, ess-kehr-reek ahs-koh
A polite refusal in Basque.
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Persian فارسی fa
نه، ممنون
Nah, mahm-noon
A polite way to decline in Persian.
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Finnish suomi fi
Ei kiitos
Ay kee-tos
A polite refusal in Finnish.
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French Français fr
Non, merci
Nohn, mehr-see
This is a standard polite refusal in French.
Galician Galician gl
Non, grazas
Nohn, grah-thahs
A polite refusal in Galician.
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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu
ના, આભાર
Naa, aa-bhaar
A polite way to decline in Gujarati.
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Hausa Hausa ha
A'a, na gode
Ah-ah, nah go-deh
A polite refusal in Hausa.
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Hebrew עברית he
לא, תודה
Lo, toh-dah
A polite way to decline in Hebrew.
Hindi हिन्दी hi
नहीं, धन्यवाद
Nah-hee, dhun-yah-vaad
A polite way to decline in Hindi.
Hungarian magyar hu
Nem, köszönöm
Nem, kuh-suh-nuhm
A polite refusal in Hungarian.
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Indonesian Indonesia id
Tidak, terima kasih
Tee-dak, tree-mah kah-see
A polite refusal in Indonesian.
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Icelandic Icelandic is
Nei, takk
Nay, tahk
A polite refusal in Icelandic.
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Italian Italiano it
No, grazie
No, grah-tsee-eh
A common and polite way to decline an offer.
Japanese 日本語 ja
いいえ、ありがとうございます
Ee-eh, ah-ree-gah-toh go-zai-mas
A polite way to decline in Japanese.
Korean 한국어 ko
아니요, 감사합니다
Ah-nee-yo, kahm-sahm-nee-dah
A polite refusal in Korean.
Lithuanian lietuvių lt
Ne, ačiū
Neh, ah-choo
A polite refusal in Lithuanian.
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Latvian latviešu lv
Nē, paldies
Neh, pahl-dyehs
A polite refusal in Latvian.
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Marathi मराठी mr
नको, धन्यवाद
Nah-koh, dhah-nya-vaad
A polite way to decline in Marathi.
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Malay Melayu ms
Tidak, terima kasih
Tee-dak, tree-mah kah-seh
A polite refusal in Malay.
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Dutch Nederlands nl
Nee, bedankt
Nay, beh-dahnkht
A polite way to decline something in Dutch.
Norwegian norsk no
Nei, takk
Nay, tahk
A polite refusal in Norwegian.
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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa
ਨਹੀਂ, ਧੰਨਵਾਦ
Nah-hee, dhan-vaad
A polite way to decline in Punjabi.
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Polish polski pl
Nie, dziękuję
Nyeh, djen-koo-yeh
A polite way to decline an offer in Polish.
Portuguese Português pt
Não, obrigado/a
Nown, oh-bree-gah-doo/ah
Use 'obrigado' if you are male, and 'obrigada' if you are female.
Romanian română ro
Nu, mulțumesc
Noo, mool-tsoo-mesk
A polite way to decline something in Romanian.
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Russian русский ru
Нет, спасибо
Nyet, spah-see-bah
A standard polite refusal in Russian.
Swedish svenska sv
Nej, tack
Nay, tahk
A polite refusal in Swedish.
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Swahili Kiswahili sw
Hapana, asante
Hah-pah-nah, ah-sahn-teh
A polite refusal in Swahili.
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Tamil தமிழ் ta
வேண்டாம், நன்றி
Ven-daam, nan-ree
A polite way to decline in Tamil.
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Telugu తెలుగు te
వద్దు, ధన్యవాదాలు
Vah-dhoo, dhah-nya-vah-dah-loo
A polite way to decline in Telugu.
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Thai ไทย th
ไม่ค่ะ/ครับ ขอบคุณ
Mai ka/krap, kawp-kun
Use 'khrap' if you are male, and 'kha' if you are female.
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Filipino Filipino tl
Hindi, salamat
Hin-dee, sah-lah-mat
A polite refusal in Tagalog.
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Turkish Türkçe tr
Hayır, teşekkür ederim
Hah-yur, teh-shek-kyur eh-de-reem
A polite refusal in Turkish.
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Ukrainian українська uk
Ні, дякую
Nee, dya-koo-yu
A polite refusal in Ukrainian.
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Urdu اردو ur
نہیں، شکریہ
Nah-hee, shuk-ree-yah
A polite way to decline in Urdu.
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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi
Không, cảm ơn
Khawng, gahm uhn
A polite refusal in Vietnamese.
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Yoruba Yoruba yo
Rárá, ẹ ṣeun
Rah-rah, eh sheh-uhn
A polite refusal in Yoruba.
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Chinese 中文 zh
不，谢谢
Boo, sshyeh-ssyeh
A polite refusal in Mandarin Chinese.
zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue
唔，唔該
M, m goy
A polite refusal in Cantonese.
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Zulu Zulu zu
Cha, ngiyabonga
Chah, ng-ee-yah-boh-ngah
A polite refusal in Zulu.
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