Merry Christmas in different languages (29)

1 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-24 12:02 ID:ayXJwD2Q

I know these:

God Jul (Swedish)
Срећан Божић [Srećan Božić] (Serbian)
Среќен Божиќ [Sreḱen Božiḱ] (Macedonian)
Sretan Božić (Croatian, Bosnian)
Srečan Božič (Slovenian)
Feliz Navidad (Spanish)
メリークリスマス [Merī kurisumasu] (Japanese)

Add more to the list!

2 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-25 00:00 ID:8pZ7kBhY

Joyeux Noël (French)
Nedeleg Laouen (Breton)

3 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-25 09:11 ID:Heaven

IO SATVRNALIA (Latin)
Fuck your crazy replacement holiday.

4 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-25 10:06 ID:2DcBB9Pz

Cina Semua Mati (Malay)

5 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-25 16:53 ID:5VzbzbNR

Don't follow >>4, he's basically saying "Chinese All Die". The correct greeting in Bahasa Malaysia is:

Selamat Hari Natal
or Selamat Hari Krismas

6 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-26 00:58 ID:lgpxA65U

What about "Happy New Year"?

I say "Happy Hogmanay!".

7 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-26 03:10 ID:mLH6QNKa

>>6
What's your language?
Japanese: あけましておめでとう(ございます)

8 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-26 10:59 ID:pIXUD2R3

Selamat Tahun Baru (Malay)

9 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-26 18:50 ID:lgpxA65U

>>7

Scottish English. Hogmanay is the Scottish equivalent of New Year: it is the celebration on the 31st of December, followed by Ne'erday, the 1st of January. There are different traditions for it in different areas: around here, it is traditional to 'first foot' (verb) close friends and relatives. This is traditionally only for talk, dark-haired men: it involves being the first person to enter the house after the bells (have sounded twelve times, indicating the New Year has started). The first footer is supposed to bring a symbolic gift with them, usually a lump of coal, or perhaps a bottle of whiskey. There are also all-night street parties in the major cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee etc.

Oh, and the song "Auld lang syne" was created in Scotland.

10 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-27 19:55 ID:Jhu47oaL

Merry Christmas (English)

11 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-28 05:46 ID:LS0D/7Ap

En España se dice «¡Feliz año nuevo!».

12 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-29 00:46 ID:/tpIqA7Q

God jul [guː jʉːl] (Norwegian)
Gleðileg jól ['gleðɪlɘg.juːl]
С Рождеством (Христовым) - S Rozhdestvom (Khristovym) [s‿rʌʒdʲɘs'tvom.'xristʌvɨm] (Russian) (correct me on the IPA here, I'm sure I got something wrong)
Frohe Weihnachten [ˌfroːə ˈvaɪ̯naxtn̩] (German)
عيد الميلاد السعيد - eid al-milād as-sa‘īd ['aʕyaːd.alˌmilaːd.asː'aʕiːd] (Arabic) (IPA transcription is quite a bit off, but the best I could do)

13 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-29 00:49 ID:/tpIqA7Q

Forgot to say that second one is Icelandic
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14 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2007-12-30 20:08 ID:Heaven

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15 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-01-02 16:34 ID:cFjLAz/u

Naragsak a paskua (ilocano)
Maligayang pasko (tagalog)

16 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-01-02 20:09 ID:xZD+qKHH

kalla christougena greek

17 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-01-03 12:41 ID:1DQ9mPbF

I think its this:
圣诞快乐! (Chinese)

18 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-01-03 19:22 ID:1IAsAWlz

Hyvää joulua! (suomi/Finnish)

19 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-06-10 13:00 ID:7cKh1J9Q

Hyvää uutta vuotta (happy new year)

20 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-06-18 14:56 ID:goMvbZ0K

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year: Ia manuia le Kilisimasi ma le tausaga fou (Samoan)

21 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-06-18 17:12 ID:cf20GkBL

>>17
how does one pronounce it?

22 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-06-25 13:29 ID:ckpiAHus

joyeux noël (Français)

23 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-06-25 20:09 ID:8We11BMY

Fröhliche Weihnachten (deutsch)

24 Name: Anonymous : 2008-07-22 18:54 ID:z7eiYUWC

Boldog Karácsonyt -> Merry Christmas (Hungarian)
Boldog Új Évet /BÚÉK/ ->happy new year (Hungarian)

25 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-07-23 12:53 ID:u8YNcGt5

Wesołych Świąt (Polish)

26 Name: Anonymous : 2008-07-23 17:36 ID:g4Fzaj4r

Sug min kuk (Swedish)

27 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-07-24 11:25 ID:w6rHj1iK

buon Natale e felice Anno Nuovo (merry Christmas and Happy New Year) : Italian

Feliz Natal e pròspero Ano Novo : portuguese

28 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-09-01 06:13 ID:Heaven

>>24
i think it's pronounced like BOW-DOG CAR-AYE-CHOñT

>>27
more self-evident, but FEH-LEASE NAH-TOW EH PRO-SHPÉ-HOO AN-NOO-NOO-VOO

29 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2008-09-01 06:16 ID:8MPsZbXF

Rapariginha linda vem cá! (Guarani)

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