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MERRY XMAS

Post by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 20 Dec 2005 1:30 pm

Merry Christmas to "Everyone" on the forum.

Big Thanks to PhilM on Singapore Forum for this .

Hope this covers everyone on the forum; if not post and let us know how you say Merry Christmas.

Afrikaans - een plesierige kerfees
Arabic - I'D MIILAD SAID OUA SANA SAIDA
Argentine - Felices Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo
Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque - Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian - Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian - Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Chinese - (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Cornish - Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian - Sretan Bozic
Czech - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish - Glædelig Jul
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
English - Merry Christmas
Esperanto - Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian - Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Farsi - Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish - Hyvaa joulua
French - Joyeux Noel
Frisian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
German - Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek - Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi - Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian - Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic - Gledileg Jol
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Italian - Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean - Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian - Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Manx - Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori - Meri Kirihimete
Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo - Merry Keshmish
Norwegian - God Jul
Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish - Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portuguese - Boas Festas
Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rumanian - Sarbatori vesele
Russian - Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Slovakian - Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Sami - Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian - Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Singhalese - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak - Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene - Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish - Feliz Navidad
Swedish - God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ã…r
Tagalog - Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai - Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish - Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu - Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese - Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh - Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian - Cestitamo Bozic
Papua New Guinea - Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
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Post by babykasim » Tue, 20 Dec 2005 1:33 pm

yupe
merry xmas to those celebrating it ..

i was thinking of tracing the list in case some language is missing, but decided not to .. such a long list.

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Post by Baron Greenback » Tue, 20 Dec 2005 3:29 pm

I thought Merry Christmas in Cantonese was more like "Sing dong fai lok" but I am probably wrong, can anyone enlighten me as to what I may be saying?
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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 20 Dec 2005 3:47 pm

BG, you may be right, I've found it several ways:

Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Sing Dan Fae Lok
Sang Nian Fai Lok
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Post by Vaucluse » Tue, 20 Dec 2005 4:16 pm

Baron Greenback wrote:I thought Merry Christmas in Cantonese was more like "Sing dong fai lok" but I am probably wrong, can anyone enlighten me as to what I may be saying?


Yes, but any woman standing within earshot would slap you.



I'll hold my greetings for the 24th
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Post by dot dot dot » Tue, 20 Dec 2005 6:12 pm

And officially in Holland we would say: zalig kerstfeest, not so much vrolijk kerstfeest. "Zalig" refers to christianity.

Eric

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Post by sapphire » Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:06 pm

I don't think there's anything in any Indian language wishing Merry Christmas. What SMS posted in Hindi, Marathi and Urdu actually means something like Happy New Year.
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