Merry Christmas in many languages

[Alan]

Hi Guys,

It's me again with another post which many of you may either find interesting - useful - boring - or just bloody useless.
However, as a language teacher, it really grabbed my interest.



Merry Christmas From Around The World

How Merry Christmas is said in many languages around the world

Afrikaans: Gesëende Kersfees

Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees

African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats

Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden

Arabic: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah

Argentine: Feliz Navidad

Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand

Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun

Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal

Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!

Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha

Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce

Brazilian: Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo

Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat

Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo

Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!

Chile: Feliz Navidad

Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun

Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan

Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito

Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo

Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth

Corsian: Pace e salute

Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo

Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi

Croatian: Sretan Bozic

Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok

Danish: Glædelig Jul

Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak

Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
or Zalig Kerstfeast

English: Merry Christmas

Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!

Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon

Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi

Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!

Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad

Finnish: Hyvaa joulua

Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar

French: Joyeux Noel

Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!

Galician: Bo Nada

Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!

German: Froehliche Weihnachten

Greek: Kala Christouyenna!

Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!

Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka

Hebrew: Mo’adim Lesimkha. Chena tova

Hindi: Shub Naya Baras

Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!

Hawaian: Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!

Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket

Icelandic: Gledileg Jol

Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal

Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah

Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat

Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.

Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie

Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto

Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags

Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha

Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!

Latvian: Prieci’gus Ziemsve’tkus un Laimi’gu Jauno Gadu!

Lausitzian:Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto

Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus

Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu

Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un ‘n moi Nijaar

Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik

Maltese: LL Milied Lt-tajjeb

Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa

Maori: Meri Kirihimete

Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh

Navajo: Merry Keshmish

Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul

Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado

Papiamento: Bon Pasco

Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu

Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!

Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo

Philipines: Maligayan Pasko!

Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie

Portuguese:Feliz Natal

Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha

Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua

Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn

Romanche: (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!

Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele

Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom

Sami: Buorrit Juovllat

Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou

Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou

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

Serbian: Hristos se rodi. 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 År

Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon

Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal

Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!

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

Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye’dun!



Al. :)

[aromulus]

Jet ain't to happy with you Al....:NoNo:

You forgot Cebuano/Visaya.....

"Maayong Pasko"

[Alan]

Oooops! Sorry Jet. I'll get it in the neck from Hanna as well when she sees it!

I deem myself justly chastised. :ARsurrender:

Al.:)

[lizaphil]

oppss forgot one more waray

maupay nga pasko ha iyo nga tanan
at malipayong bag-ong tu-ig :cwm12: :)

[Marwin08]

for ilocanos "NAIMBAG A PASKUWA KET NARAGSAK A TAWEN" hehehe i dont know if im right,:icon_lol::icon_lol::NoNo:

[Alan]

Bloody hell!! By the time you've said the last 2 - Christmas will be over. :D

Seriously, thank you for your input.

Al.:)

[aromulus]

Bloody hell!! By the time you've said the last 2 - Christmas will be over.

Al.:)

Don't you wish that it was already...???:Erm:

I am waiting for the sales... :rolleyes:

[Jay&Zobel]

In Bicol (Dialect)

Maogmang Pasko!

[Alan]

In Bicol (Dialect)

Maogmang Pasko!

Thank you - salamat! :)

BTW - who is kissing who in your avatar? :Erm:

Al.:)

[Alan]

Don't you wish that it was already...???:Erm:

I am waiting for the sales... :rolleyes:

Dom,

My family have had this arrangement for years now.
We do not give pressies on Christmas Day - we just eat and drink.
Then we go out on Boxing Day or the day after and buy stuff that has been discounted up to 75% for pressies.
Then we give our pressies.
Makes economic sense.

Al.:)

[Jay&Zobel]

Thank you - salamat! :)

BTW - who is kissing who in your avatar? :Erm:

Al.:)


He's my husband's younger brother (my bro-in-law), he was just being silly that time... hehehe:Rasp:

[Alan]

He's my husband's younger brother (my bro-in-law), he was just being silly that time... hehehe:Rasp:

Oh! Thank God for that. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Al.:)

[charlwill]

In Bacolod City, Neg. Occidental dialect (Ilonggo)
MALIPAYON NGA PASKUA KAG BAG-ONG TUIG SA INYO NGA TANAN.

[Alan]

AARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! They're getting longer!!!:yikes:

Al.:)

[mach]

AARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! They're getting longer!!!:yikes:

Al.:)

:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

[kimmi]

in tagalog,

Maligayang Pasko at Masagang Bagong Taon..he he he