Saying thank you

When someone says "thank you," you have two basic, polite options. You can say "you're welcome," or, if you want to thank the other person, you can say "thank you." We don't say "thanks to you," even though this seems right because it's a direct translation from Spanish or Catalan. The trick is to put some emphasis on "you."

Some people in the US and the UK will say "no problem" instead of "you're welcome." This is very informal, so you would use it with your friends, etc.

If you want to make your thank you a little stronger, you can say "thanks a lot," or more formally, "thank you very much."