Find Ten Easy to Remember or Identical Words in Other languages, such as pineapple and thank you

Today's challenge.
Can you find me ten easy to remember words in foreign languages?

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English / American / Australian / Kiwi (New Zealand)

1 French

2 German

3 Spanish

4 Italian

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5 Portugese

Now for the harder ones:

6 Greek (modern)

7 Hebrew (modern)

8 Russian (Cyrillic - also for use in Bulgaria)

9 Chinese (modern and in pinyin which is English alphabet). Also used in Singapore

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10 Malay / Indonesian

11 Tamil/Urdu/Hindi

12 Arabic (modern)

13 Japanese

My Facebook friends made these suggestions:

From another friend called Angela, who is overseas:
One language is hard enough. Missing you.

From my Greek friend from Toastmasters, Panos:
 Greek words: 
Logos - 
Ethos - 
Pathos 
(These are also borrowed in making words such as logic, ethics and pathology etc.)

Thank you in other languages
Filipino / salamat



Chinese / xie xie
German / danke
Spanish / gracias
Italian / grazie



Portuguese / obrigado
Dutch / dank u
Japanese / arrigatu
French / merci (The same word is used understood in Romania)
English / Thank you


About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a trave writer and phtographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

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The Traditional Filipino Men's Shirts

Problem
"Have you been to the Philippines, sir? You are wearing our national dress!" Our Filipino waiter looks very happy.

My husband is wearing a light-weight short-sleeved shirt with what looks like bamboo pattern on both sides of the front. It is worn outside the trousers.

Answer
"Yes, we have been to the Philippines. I can't remember where I bought this shirt. What is distinctive about it?"

"It is a shirt called a barong, which traditionally has a special weave, knitted, rather than woven. The thread is made from pineapple leaves."

"What are the patterns?"

"The favourite patterns are Filipino scenes, such as a mountain."

Well, now we know. You can buy Bermuda shorts, Hawaiian shirts, and Filipino shirts. The Filipino shirt is a bit like the Indian shirt. We didn't say so.

More information from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barong_Tagalog

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.