Friday, December 30, 2005

An international New Years

The following was also found on FactMonster.

How to say "Happy New Year" in 33 languages:
  1. Afrikaans - Voorspoedige nuwe jaar
  2. Arabic - Kul 'am wa antum bikhair
  3. Basque - Urte Berri on
  4. Bengali - Shuvo noboborsho
  5. Chinese (Cantonese) - Sun nien fai lok
  6. Chinese (Mandarin) - Xin nian yu kuai
  7. Czech Stastny - Novy Rok
  8. Dutch - Gelukkig nieuwjaar
  9. Esperanto - Bonan Novjaron
  10. Finnish - Onnellista uutta vuotta
  11. French - Bonne année
  12. German - Ein glückliches neues Jahr
  13. Greek - Eutychismenos o kainourgios chronos
  14. Hawaiian - Hauoli Makahiki hou
  15. Hebrew - Shana Tova
  16. Hungarian - Boldog uj evet
  17. Indonesian (Bahasa) - Selamat Tahun Baru
  18. Italian - Felice Anno Nuovo or Buon anno
  19. Japanese - Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu
  20. Korean - Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo
  21. Laotian (Hmong) - Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab
  22. Latin - Felix sit annus novus
  23. Nigerian (Hausa) - Barka da sabuwar shekara
  24. Norwegian - Godt Nytt År
  25. Philippines (Tagalog) - Manigong Bagong Taon
  26. Polish - Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
  27. Romanian - La Multi Ani si Un An Nou Fericit
  28. Samoan - Ia manuia le Tausaga Fou
  29. Spanish - Feliz año nuevo
  30. Swahili - Heri za Mwaka Mpya
  31. Swedish - Gott Nytt År
  32. Vietnamese - Chuc mung nam moi
  33. Welsh - Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

2 comments:

girl said...

Nicely said. Have a good New Years too!

Anonymous said...

Oh, in Estonian: Head uut aastat!

I'm Estonian.