Happy New Year ‘08
Wishing all of you a Happy New Year this 2008
and in other languages…
Sun nien fai lok (Chinese (Cantonese))
Xin nian yu kuai (Chinese (Mandarin))
Godt Nytår (Danish)
Gelukkig nieuwjaar (Dutch)
Aide shoma mobarak (Farsi)
Bonne année (French)
Aith-bhliain Fe Nhaise Dhuit (Gaelic)
Gutes Neues Jahr (German)
Hauoli Makahiki Hou (Hawaiian)
Shanah tovah (Hebrew)
Nav Varsh Ki Badhaai/ Naya Saal Mubarak Ho (Hindi (Indian))
Nyob zoo xyoo tshiab (Hmong)
Elamat Tahun Baru (Indonesian)
Buon Capo d’Anno (Italian)
Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu (Japanese)
Godt Nyttår (Norwegian)
Szczesliwego Nowego roku (Polish)
Feliz ano novo (Portuguese)
La Multi Ani (Romanian)
S Novym Godom (Russian)
Feliz Año Nuevo (Spanish)
Wilujeng Tahun Baru (Sudanese)
Gott Nytt År (Swedish)
Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun (Turkish)
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda (Welsh)
and of course in our native (Filipino/Tagalog) language…
Manigong Bagong Taon / Maligayang Bagong Taon
Afrikaans: ……………….…Gelukkige nuwe jaar
Arabic:…………………….…Antum salimoun
Austrian……………….A guads Neichs Johr olle mitanand!
Bengali:………………………Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Cantonese…………….Sun nin fai lok!/Sun Leen Figh Lok!
Chinese:……………………..Chu Shen Tan
Czechoslovakia:…………..Scastny Novy Rok
Dutch:………………………..Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
English:………………………Happy New Year!
Eskimo:………………………Kiortame pivdluaritlo
Finnish:………………………Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
French:……………………….Bonne Annee
Gaelic:………………………..Bliadhna mhath ur
German:……………………..Prosit Neujahr
Greek:………………………..Kenourios Chronos/Chronia Pola!
Hawaiian:……………………Hauoli Makahiki Hou
Hebrew:……………………..L’Shannah Tovah
Hindi:…………………………Subh Nab Bars
Hungarian:………….………Boldog Uj Evet Kivanok/Boldog Ujevet!
Iraqi:………………………….Sanah Jadidah
Irish:………………………….Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit
Italian:……………………….Buon Capodanno
Kisii:…………………………..Somwaka omoyia owuya
Khmer:……………………….Sua Sdei Chnam Thmei
Latin:…………………..Volo omnes felicem novum annum habere!
Laotian:.……………………..Sabai dee pee mai
Mandarin:………………Xin nian kuai le!
Norwegian:…………………Godt Nyttar
Papua New Guinea:………Nupela yia i go long y
Philippines:…………………Manigong Bagong Taon
Polish:…………………….…..Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese:…………………Feliz Ano Novo
Punjabi:………………………Nave sal di mubarak
Russian:………………………S Novim Godom
Serbo-Croatian:……….…Scecna nova godina
Singhalese:………………….Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak:………………………..A stastlivy Novy Rok
Spanish:………………………Feliz Ano Nuevo
Swahili:……………………….Heri Za Mwaka Mpya
Sudanese:……………………Warsa Enggal
Telegu:………………………..Noothana samvatsara shubhakankshalu
Thai:……………………………Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish:……………………….Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian:……………………Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku
Urdu:……………………Nayya Saal Mubarak!
Vietnamese:………………….Chuc Mung Tan Nien
No matter how we say it, may this year bring us all prosperity and happiness. Happy New Year! =)
Happy new year to you too 12thirteen, and thanks for visiting.