Creative Ways to Say Thank You in English
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hi everybody my name is Alisha in this
lesson I’m going to talk about how to
say thank you in English I’m also going
to talk about some responses that you
can use if someone says thank you to you
so let’s get started by looking at some
expressions to say thank you in English
first let’s begin with the most basic
expression thank you so thank you is
easy to remember it’s polite and you can
use it in basically any situation you
can use it at work with your friends
whatever slightly more casual is thanks
thanks so thanks is good to use with
friends or for small favors you cannot
say thanks you however you can use thank
you or thanks some other things we do
with the expression thank you are we add
these two words to the end of it we use
thank you very or thank you so much
thank you very much or thank you so much
one thing we do when we use so is we
often make the o sound really long thank
you so much so that can help us show our
appreciation in a more like kind of
casual and friendly way the difference
between so and very here is that so
sounds more casual I would use so with
my friends and thank you very much in
like a work situation or some-some
situation where I want to sound a little
more polite so thank you so much thank
you very much those sound great you can
use them anytime let’s look at the next
three then the next three here I’ve
marked as thank you expressions you can
use when you want to say thank you for a
specific action when you want to use
like a verb thank you for doing some
verb or when you want to use like a
specific noun so this one this thank you
there’s nothing specific in this
expression or in these three expressions
we want to share something specific
so these patterns are thank you for
something something ing so thank you for
helping me for example or thank you for
cleaning the house
thank you for studying with me for
example so in this pattern I’m using the
ing the progressive form of the verb you
can change this like thank you for the
gift thank you for the present thank you
for your time for example so you can use
a verb as I’ve done here or a noun
phrase this one is similar many thanks
for something so again we can use this
same ing form of a verb or we can use a
noun phrase this sounds a little bit
more polite than this expression many
thanks for the meeting yesterday many
thanks for helping me with the files I
needed to put together so this one
sounds a little bit more formal I tend
to use this one at the beginning of a
work email like many thanks for the
information or many things for the files
I like to use this in work emails if you
want to make it even more formal you can
try this one I greatly appreciate I
greatly appreciate your time or I
greatly appreciate you attending our
conference this year I greatly
appreciate all the work you did for the
event so I greatly appreciate it sounds
really formal or when you really really
want to communicate strong thanks to
someone I greatly appreciate I greatly
appreciate so you can choose a verb or a
noun to use here okay so as I said this
one is rather formal we can use an
expression like this when we’re working
in like an organization so I mentioned
in this case you might use it for like a
work situation this next one is similar
we express our sincere appreciation for
something so we express this we means
like our company our team our
organization we express so express means
share or say in
someway communicate our sincere so this
is like sincerely at the end of an email
like truly honestly genuinely we express
our sincere appreciation are like
gratitude for this thing you did so here
we see for which means we can follow
this same pattern actually you can
remove this we express our sincere
appreciation that’s fine that becomes
kind of like a general thank you but if
you want to make it specific you can add
this for and follow the same pattern we
talked about for these phrases so we
express our sincere appreciation for
your support for example that’s kind of
a very company or organization specific
sentence or expression of gratitude we
express our sincere appreciation for
your donation for example so I feel
perhaps this one might use noun phrases
more than verbs not always but perhaps
more noun phrases here so yes this is
good for formal situations especially in
organizations because we use this we
here of course you can change these so
that you use we or he or she like we
greatly appreciate is fine to use as
well just depends on your situation
anyway let’s continue on to the next
expression which is thank you kindly for
so you’ll notice that this is very
similar to these like thank you or thank
you for the difference here is we have
this kindly so we’re including kindly
which shows I feel like kind of this
gratitude and I want to express that I
have kind feelings for you thank you
kindly for something so it’s a nice and
also kind of polite expression actually
so you might think this sounds friendly
but this is something we use more in
work emails I would not use this with a
friend actually this would sound too
polite to use with a friend so this is
good in work situations like thank you
kindly for the email thank you kindly
for the files thank you kindly for
meeting with
to me this afternoon so it sounds formal
and it’s when you want to express that
kind of kind feeling as well okay let’s
go to the next one this one is thank you
for your understanding this is a set
phrase so we don’t change this part this
thank you for your understanding
this always remains the same always so
thank you for your understanding
this is a polite expression we use it
for changes and for inconveniences so
let’s say for example you receive a
letter in the mail and it’s from like
your mobile phone company for example
and they say there’s a change to your
contract thank you for your
understanding so it’s kind of sharing
like some kind of information and this
expression shows like we appreciate in
advance that you understand the
situation so it’s like we’re gonna we’re
going to make this change so thank you
thank you for maybe not getting angry or
thank you for just understanding the
situation really so this is a formal
expression used for like changes to
things and you’ll also see it like I
said for inconveniences for example at
like a construction site if there’s lots
of noise or if it’s really dirty and
dusty there might be a sign that says
you know construction in progress which
means we’re working now we’re building
something now thank you for your
understanding
so we appreciate your understanding of
the situation so it’s kind of like an
apology and thank you at the same time
so this is a set phrase you can use this
in your organization in your company but
this is one that’s too formal to use
with friends I would not use this with
friends okay let’s move on to the next
one I really appreciate it so I have I
and really in parentheses here because
we can drop these from the sentence and
make a very formal I’m sorry a very
casual this is a very casual way to
express thanks so by that
I mean among friends will often just say
appreciate it or just appreciate it as
well if you want to make a full sentence
you can say I appreciate it or I really
appreciate it
those are great too you will hear native
speakers just drop it though
appreciate it so it sounds friendly it
sounds like you really express your
thanks and it’s just kind of a quick
expression that you can use so this is
good for your co-workers and colleagues
you can use this with friends as well it
won’t sound too polite so this is great
perhaps a little bit more polite than
just thank you so you can use it with
friends like if your friend has done you
kind of an interesting favor for example
okay let’s go on to the last one the
last one is actually two but this is
kind of casual friendly and perhaps
unique to certain people so some people
might choose to use these some people
might not anyway the expressions are
thanks a bunch and thanks a million
thanks a million I’m a person who
sometimes uses thanks a bunch so a bunch
means a lot of something it’s like
saying thanks a lot but thanks a bunch
which is a casual word it’s less formal
it’s very like mmm it’s very casual
something we would use with friends I
would use this if my friend did
something small that helped me thanks a
bunch you might get the feeling that
it’s used by people who have kind of
like an upbeat personality perhaps I
feel that this tends to be used more
among women actually too thanks a
million on the other hand is one that I
don’t hear as often as thanks a bunch so
again a million a million is a big
number we do not say thanks a hundred or
thanks a thousand or thanks a trillion
we only say thanks a million so again
this means thank you very much really
but it’s a casual friendly way of saying
it so like I said I tend to hear a bunch
or and it tends to be used more for
women though it’s okay for men to use as
well so thanks a bunch thanks a million
those are good ones to use with your
friends if you like so to conclude then
how do you respond when someone says
thank you so I made a big list of some
very common responses for thank you so
most of these we use and they don’t
actually mean anything other than like
agreement so at the top here is maybe my
favorite sure so someone says thank you
I say sure or I say sure a thing sure
thing
this is like it’s a sure thing so it’s
kind of like saying it’s it’s real it’s
true it’s genuine
sure thing this is another common one
that’s very casual very friendly many
people like to use one of these no
problem no problem or no prob no prob so
prop is just the short version the limb
has been cut off of problem so no
problem is quite casual more casual than
no problem so these are all okay to use
at work with your friends with your
family members I would not use them in a
formal situation though continuing you
bet you bet again another one it’s like
saying no problem not a problem for me
of course I will help you or of course
no problem yep it’s a like a casual way
of saying yes yep yep instead of yes so
yes
sounds actually a little too polite we
don’t use yes so much we might say yep
instead another one no sweat no sweat is
kind of cute no sweat means like there’s
no reason for you to sweat so we sweat
maybe when we get of course warm but
when we feel nervous or upset or anxious
about something so no sweat means like
don’t worry about it it’s not a problem
no sweat so this one’s quite friendly as
well another one for sure this is
similar to sure so for sure is another
very positive up
be quick way to say a response to thank
you
this one is very common in work
situations and this is important I’ve
made this part in capital letters the U
here because the emphasis on your
response here is important if someone
says thank you and you say no thank you
it’s like showing that both parties both
people did something that helps the
other person so for example if someone
comes to set up the camera for this
shoot and I say thank you they might say
no thank you because I’m going to make
something with what they’ve set up so
we’re helping each other so we can use
an expression like this no thank you
so your intonation matters here okay
another one is of course of course so
it’s like it’s like saying of course I
would help you of course I want to help
you or like it was no problem for me we
have a good relationship that’s the
feeling here I have included this you’re
welcome
on the list but this is not used that
often it’s correct to say if someone
says thank you you’re welcome
you can use this it’s less friendly I
feel than the other ones you’re welcome
you’re welcome you can use this if you
don’t know the other person or if it’s
yes it’s like a stranger you might use
this like a stranger holds the door open
for you and you say thank you that
person might say you’re welcome so this
one is less familiar so you can use this
but again perhaps something that’s a
little bit closer like in terms of
relationship would be good finally not
at all not at all is like no problem no
problem so if someone says thank you you
can say not at all it’s like it means
like it was no trouble for me it was no
problem for me so we can use all of
these to respond to thank yous in most
cases you can apply them to any of these
situations like thank you
if someone says thank you sure sure
thing yep no sweat you can use all of
them if you want and you can combine
them but generally just choose one
that’s
fine and try to use a mix of these to
respond keep in mind though that if
someone uses a more formal expression
like I greatly appreciate your help or
we express our sincere appreciation for
your response should be kind of matching
in that formality level so we express
our sincere appreciation for your
support if you see that then you might
use like like for example we really
appreciate the opportunity to work with
you so something like that where you
kind of return the same expression might
be better than just using a casual
expression like these for conversations
so you can kind of feel that as you
maybe level up your ways to say thank
you but in general these are some pretty
good responses for you to start with ok
so I’m gonna end there I hope that that
was helpful for you if you have any
questions or comments or have some
different ways to say thank you there
are many or some different responses
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