How do you say “Happy New Year” and “Merry Christmas” in your local dialect/native tongue?

neutrals: How do you say “Happy New Year” and “Merry Christmas” in your local dialect/native tongue?

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Answer by chilling
Happy New Year and Merry Christmas

Answer by Some guy
Happy New Year! and Merry Christmas, respectively. I’m American. 🙂

Answer by ear help!
“Szczesliwego Nowego Roku” and “Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia!”

In Polish.

Answer by funlady6632
Happy New Year and Merry Christmas…lol

Answer by Earl
Masaganang Bagong Taon & Maligayang Pasko

…and that would be in Tagalog. (Philippine’s main language..well including English of course..)

Answer by one.amongthefence
“Here dude hit this” and “More eggnog?” respectively

Answer by natie_05
Happy New Year- Feliz Año Nuevo (to make the “ñ” just hold down Alt=164)

Merry Christmas- Feliz Navidad.

It’s spanish by the way.

Answer by soobee2005
Happy New Year and Merry Christmas (Australia)

Answer by SeeTheLight
“Onnellista uutta vuotta!” (New Year )

“Iloista joulua!” ( Christmas )

Finnish. ( country Finland )

Answer by angellilien
Ok, that will certainly be very weird to you, but I write it down:
🙂

Happy New Year is Boldog Uj Evet! Often referred to as just B.U.E.K. If you would like to pronounce it, you pronounce t like these eglish words in a row: “bull dog ew event” (event without the ‘n’)

Merry Christmas: Boldog Karacsonyt! Or Kellemes Karacsonyi Unnepeket!
And the pronounciation omg, I try to make everything simple, but it’s kinda hard. 🙂

So: bull dog cara …um well you pronounce the “cs” as tha “tch” in watching and for “onyt” it’s like you were saying oint. Like in point. So “bull dog cara tch oint”, is it ok?

As for the other: “kelle” is pronounced as the beginning of Callahan, “mes” is like mesh we have discussed “karacs” and as for “onyi” you say like oiny or something like that 🙂 In Unnepeket, the ‘U’ is pronounced like as if you were french. “nnep” is like nap “eket” is like you were saying fast: ‘a cat’ 🙂
So:” calla mesh cara tch oiny “U” (french U!!!) nap a cat.”

I’m Hungarian by the way, and I hope you enjoyed this little language tour !!!! 🙂
ByeBye

Answer by faithbass
Suba aluth awuruddak wewa! (new year)
Suba naththalak wewa! (christmas)

Sinhalese (Sri Lanka) 🙂

fun question!

Answer by inturen
na ya saal mubarek and cristmas mubarek in urdu language.

Answer by great_pretender
m not sure if i made this one right..

sheng dan qie khuai le?
merry christmas happy new year!

Answer by richietcfan
“Merry Chri-”

“What are you saying? You shouldn’t say ‘Merry Christmas’ You say Happy Holidays. It’s more PC (politically correct) that way.”

Answer by Loss
Gott Nytt År
God Jul

Swedish

Answer by sarah m
happy new year and merry christmas – english
buon natale (merry christmas) – italian

Answer by tektitegirl
Same as you did in your question. But I can say it in french: “joyeux Nouvel An” and “joyeux Noël.”

Answer by LJ
Hi! I’m Portuguese, and here’s how we say those:

“Happy New Year” is “Feliz Ano Novo”, or “Próspero Ano Novo” (a prosperous new year), or simply “Bom Ano Novo” (a good new year). We usually shorter the latter to “Bom Ano” (good year).

“Merry Christmas” is “Feliz Natal”, and we can also say “Bom Natal” (good Christmas) or “Santo Natal” (a rather dated variant, meaning holy Christmas).

We also have “Boas Festas”, which is good throughout the entire month of December, for both Christmas and the New Year, and basically means “have nice parties”. 😛
(And we do, we do… XD)

So by remembering the word “bom” (= good) and its different endings, you pretty much just need to learn how to refer to the festivities (“Festas”, “Natal” and “Ano Novo”) and that’s enough to express season’s greetings: Bom Natal, Bom Ano, Boas Festas! 🙂

BTW:

Bom / Novo — masculine, singular
Bons / Novos — masculine, plural
Boa / Nova — feminine, singular
Boas / Novas — feminine, plural

These are all adjective forms and mean “good” and “new” respectively.

Ano / Natal — masculine, singular
Anos / Natais — masculine, plural

These are the words for “year” and “Christmas” respectively, as well as their plural form. Both are masculine.

Festa — feminine, singular
Festas — feminine, plural

That’s the word for “party” and its plural form.

Just in case you’re curious. 😛

Answer by luis g
felis ano nuevo and files navidad in Spanish

Answer by kandaphati
In the languages that I use very often these would be:

In Thai:
sawaddee bhee mai
merry christmas (we just use english for this since it is something foreign esp. for non-chirstians)

In Mandarin:
shin nien kwai ler
sheng tan jie yuu kwai

In Tae-jiu (a Chinese dialect for most of the Chinese in Thailand)
shin jie yuu ee shin nee huat chai
merry chirstmas (but I doubt if we say this at all)

In Japanese:
ake mashite omedetou gozai masu
merry christmas.

Answer by Jeremiah
Naya Saal Mukabarak : Hindi
We just say Merry Christmas cause i dont think theres a separate word for Christmas in Hindi .If there is plzzzzzzzz enlighten me

Answer by jewishgirl87
well, i don’t, but if i did, i would say “bonne année” or “joyeux noel”

Answer by dreamcatweaver
“Joyeux noel” and”Bonne nouvelle annee” . Also, “Happy New Year” and “Merry Christmas!”

Answer by chona a
Happy new year – Manigong Bagong Taon

Merry Christmas….Maligayang Pasko

(Philippines)

Answer by just me
Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon (Merry Christmas & Happy New Year) – Tagalog / Philippines

Answer by Amanda K
in france, we say joyeux noël and bonne année!

Answer by olcia1991
I’ m from Poland. It will be: “Szczęsliwego Nowego Roku” and “Wesołych Świat”.

Answer by taramasalata
In Bahasa Melayu, the language used in Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia:
‘Selamat Tahun Baru!’ means “Happy New Year!’
‘Selamat Hari Natal!’ means ‘ Merry Christmas!’

Answer by ovcichka
Srekna Nova Godina – Happy new year
Sreken Bozik – Merry Christmas

Macedonian

Answer by Kremena A
In my native language which is Bulgarian, Happe New Year is Chestita Nova Godina
And Merry Christmas is Vesela Koleda.

Answer by Cristian Mocanu
Romanian:
La multi ani!=Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas!=Craciun Fericit!
But for Christmas what we actually say is: “Sarbatori fericite!”=Happy Feasts

Answer by les miserables
“happy new year” and “merry christmas”, that’s my native tongue

Answer by ~>SaBa<~
In Farsi:
“Eid Mobarak” and “Christmas Mobarak”

Answer by Gayman84
In Afrikaans: “Gelukkig Nuwejaarsdag” and “Gelukkige Kersfees”

Answer by toxic
HNY – srećna nova godina
MCH – srećan božić
serbian

HNY – štastlivy novy rok
MCH – vesele vianoce
slovak

Answer by Pixie-elf
Well, being I’m southern…

“Merry Christmas” said like “Marry Christmuhs.
And “Hayuppy New yeaaar.” XD

Answer by BarbyGirl
Happy New Year – Srećna Nova Godina
Merry Christmas – Srećan Božić
… it’s Serbian by the way

Answer by Tota
“Aam saaeed wa aeed Melad mageed”…. in arabic

Answer by Mari
Feliz Ano Nuevo[HNY] and Feliz Navidad[MC]. We also combine it! Feliz Navidad Y Prospero Ano Nuevo.

Answer by belle
Merry Christmas
Maligayang Pasko – tagalog
Malipayong Pasko – bisaya/cebuano

Happy New Year
Manigong Bagong Taon – tagalog

honestly, i’m so used to greeting it in english, i’m having difficulty translating it in my dialect ….lol

Answer by zahd
Hey! Malay Language is used in Singapore too!

Merry Christmas is Selamat Hari Natal.
Happy New Year is Selamat Tahun Baru.

Answer by bianca s
happy new year – un an nou fericit and Merry Christmas – Craciun fericit

Answer by Inês
Portuguese:
Happy New Year = Feliz Ano Novo
Merry Christmas = Feliz Natal

Answer by jenna_z
spanish: feliz navidad y ano nuevo

fillipino: maligayang pasko

english: merry christmas and happy new year!

Answer by tinkerbell
happy new year would be “maligayang bagong taon”
a prosperous new year would be “manigong bagong taon”
merry christmas would be “maligayang pasko”

maligaya= happy
bago= new
taon=year
pasko=christmas

*philippines*

Answer by Gabriella M
spanish- feliz navidad (merry christmas) feliz ano nuevo (happy new year)
italian- buon natale (merry christmas) nuovo anno felice (happy new year)

Answer by flavia
” Buon anno nuovo” ( or ” Felice anno nuovo”) and ” Buon Natale” in italian

Answer by ira a
In Indonesia,
Happy New Year = Selamat Tahun Baru
Merry Christmas = Selamat Hari Natal

Answer by Mademoiselle
german:
happy new year = Frohes, neues Jahr
(fro-as noi-as yar)
merry christmas = Frohe Weihnachten
(fro-a wi-nach-tan)

Answer by allie_web89
Happy New Year – Oiche Chinn Bhliana Shona!
Merry Christmas – Nollaig Shona!

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