Translation
to thank
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Examples
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I thank you for your letter.
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She thanked him with a smile.
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We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
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He left without saying thank you.
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Thank you for everything!
The reason you are thankful takes pro, never : pro . The person can be a direct object ( ) or take ( ); both are standard, the second being the older Zamenhofian pattern still common in writing. is the accusative fossil of , which is why the -n is there in a word nobody parses any more. The root gives , a (grateful by disposition), sendanka (ungrateful) and , meaning thanks to.
Where this fits
Word family
Words built on danki with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- dankeadverb
gratefully; thanks (to)
danki: with thanks
- dankemaadjective
grateful, thankful
danki-em-: inclined to thank
- dankindeadverb
deserving thanks
danki-ind-
- nedankindeadverb
don't mention it, you're welcome
nedanki-ind-: not worth thanking for; more often written as two words, ne dankinde
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danki: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 4: danki, ke, kiu and 11 more words.