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From: J Feser <JDFESER@SCIENCE.Watstar.UWaterloo.CA>
Subject: Re: Add your translation of Please/Thanks/Sorry
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JFC wrote:
> 
> Irena Nikitina posted to soc.penpals:
> >
> > ... Iam 15yrs. old and from Estonia ...
> 
> My 8-10-years-old students and I would like to know
> Please/Thanks/Sorry in Estonian
> (and in as many other languages as possible).
> Please put them at the head of the list:
> 
> ...            | ...         | ...
> Tafadhali      | Asante      | Samahani      | (Swahili)
> Please         | Thanks      | Sorry
> Por favor      | Gracias     | Perdn
> S'il vous plait| Merci       | Pardon
> Per piacere    | Grazie      | Scusi
> Bitte          | Danke       | Entschuldigen
> Qing           | Xixie      | Duibuqi
> Pozhalsta      | Spasibo     | Prostitje
> Bonvolu        | Dankon      | Mi bedauras
> Si us plau     | Gracis     | Perdon(?)
> Se faz favor   | Obrigado    | Desculpe
> Vr s venlig  | Tak         | Undskyld(?)
> Alstublieft    | Dank u      |
> Olkaa hyv     | Kiitos      |
> Parakal       | Eukharist  | Suggnm(?)
> Vr s snill   | Takk        | Unnskyld(?)
> Var snll och  | Tack        | Frlt(?)
> Ltfen        |Tesekkr ederim| Efendim(?)
> Bvaqashah      | Torah       | Tzar li
> Va rog         | Multumesc   | Pardon
> (and American Sign Language).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Sorry (if you don't like this).
> --
>  John Canu, El Paso, Texas, USA
> canu@ix.netcom.com,canu@juno.com,at439@rgfn.epcc.edu
> 
> "My country is not ONE country, my country is all countries ...
>          No! It is the whole world as God has made it,
>                    ONE and without borders."
