Which one should you use?
While シェアしてくれてありがとう is used for sharing digital media or information, 分かち合ってくれてありがとう is used specifically when someone shares something personal or sentimental, such as their feelings or experiences. Additionally, 共有してくれてありがとう provides an informal way to say "Thanks for sharing."
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The default form シェアしてくれてありがとう is casual and best used with friends or in relaxed social media environments. For a formal context, such as thanking someone for sharing something with you or your group, use ご共有いただきありがとうございます. To make the default form more polite for use with strangers or in formal online interactions, you can say シェアしてくれてありがとうございます.
How does it change in a sentence?
You can make the phrase more polite by adding ありがとうございます to the end, resulting in シェアしてくれてありがとうございます.
How do you pronounce it?
Shea shite kurete arigatou
Did you know?
- Using the casual form シェアしてくれてありがとう with a superior is a social faux pas because the grammar includes くれる (kureru), which linguistically positions the person doing the sharing as someone of equal or lower status than you.
- The word シェア is a loanword from English, but in Japanese it is almost exclusively tied to digital media or specific living arrangements, unlike the English word 'share' which applies to any object.
- In Japanese social media culture, thanking someone for sharing is often accompanied by the emoji 🙏, which represents the 'gassho' gesture of gratitude or prayer.
Examples in context
- 会議での貴重な情報共有をいただきありがとうございます。Thank you for sharing valuable information in the meeting.
- そのレシピを教えてくれてありがとう！うちで作ってみるね。Thanks for sharing that recipe! I'll try making it at home.
- シェアしてくれてありがとう。Shea shite kurete arigatou.Thanks for sharing.
- いい情報をシェアしてくれてありがとう。Ii jouhou o shea shite kurete arigatou.Thanks for sharing good information.
- 動画をシェアしてくれてありがとう！Douga o shea shite kurete arigatou!Thanks for sharing the video!
Example conversation
Yota and Yui are chatting online about a travel guide.
- 陽太 Yotaこのガイド、すごく役に立つと思うよ。Kono gaido, sugoku yaku ni tatsu to omou yo.I think this guide is really useful.
- 結衣 Yui本当にそうだね。勉強になるよ。Hontou ni sou da ne. Benkyou ni naru yo.You're right. I'm learning a lot.
- 陽太 Yotaよかった。ぜひ活用してね。Yokatta. Zehi katsuyou shite ne.I'm glad. Please make good use of it.
- 結衣 Yuiシェアしてくれてありがとう、陽太くん！Shea shite kurete arigatou, Yota-kun!Thanks for sharing, Yota!
