Useful foreign phrases |
Individual languages |
Colours |
Numbers |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs
Useful foreign phrases |
Individual languages |
Colours |
Numbers |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs
Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, >m = said to males, >f said to females, m = said by males, f = said by females.
| Language | Happy birthday |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gelukkige Verjaarsdag |
| Albanian | Gëzuar Ditëlindjen |
| Aleut | Raazdinyaam Ugutaa |
| Amharic | መልከም ልደት (melekame lidete) |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(kul 'am wa antum bekheir) كل عام و أنت بخير (eid mīlad sa'aīd) عيد ميلاد سعيد |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
كل سنة و إنت طيّب (kull sana wa inta tayyib >m, kull sana wa inti tayyiba >f) و إنت طيّب response - (wa inta tayyib >m, wa inti tayyiba >f) |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Ծնունդդ շնորհավոր (Ts.nundet shnorhavor) |
| Armenian (Western) | շնորհաւոր ծննդեան տարեդարձ (shuhnorhavor dzuhnuhntyan daretarts) |
| Aromanian | Ti multsã-anji! Uràri cu-ucazea-a dzuùãljei di-aflari |
| Azerbaijani | Ad günün mübarək |
| Basque | Zorionak zuri |
| Belarusian | З днём нараджэння (Z dniom naradžennia) |
| Bengali | শুভ জন্মদিন (shubho jônmodin) |
| Bhojpuri | जन्मदिन मुबारक हो (janmdin mubarak ho) |
| Bosnian | Sretan rođendan |
| Breton | Deiz ha bloaz laouen
Kalz a vloavezhioù all |
| Bulgarian | Честит рожден ден (Čestit rožden den) |
| Catalan | Per molts anys / Bon aniversari / Moltes Felicitats |
| Cebuano | Maayong pagsaulog sa adlaw nga natawhan
(formal - Happy Birthday is also used) |
| Chamorro | Felis Kumpliåños / Biba Kumpliåños |
| Chechen | Вина де декъала хуьлда хьан
(Wina de deqil xilda ha) - m Йина де декъала хуьлда хьан (Yina de deqil xilda ha) - f |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
生日快樂 (sàangyaht faailohk) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
生日快樂 (sang1ngit7 kuai5lok8 |
| Chinese (Hokkien) |
生日快樂 (Sen-jít khoài-lók) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
生日快樂 [生日快乐] (shēngrì kuàilè) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
圣诞节快乐 (sêntê khuâloq) 新年快乐 (xingni khuâloq) 恭喜发财 (gong xi fa ze) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
生日快樂 (sen-jit8 khoai3-lok8) |
| Cornish | Penn-bloedh Lowen |
| Corsican | Felice anniversariu |
| Croatian | Sretan rođendan |
| Czech | Všechno nejlepší k narozeninám! |
| Danish | Tillykke med fødselsdagen |
| Divehi | (ufaaveri ufandhuvaheh) އުފާވެރި އުފަންދުވަހެއް |
| Dutch | Gelukkige verjaardag Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag Fijne Verjaardag Van Harte Gefeliciteerd Van Harte Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag |
| Esperanto | Feliĉan datrevenon / Feliĉan naskiĝtagon / Feliĉan naskiĝfeston |
| Estonian | Palju õnne sünnipäevaks |
| Faroese | Tillukku við føðingardegnum |
| Fijian | Vanuinui vinaka ki na nomu siga ni sucu |
| Finnish | Hyvää syntymäpäivää |
| Flemish | Gelukkige verjaardag |
| French | Joyeux anniversaire /
Bon anniversaire Bonne fête (in Quebec) |
| Friulian | Bon Natalizi |
| Galician | Bon aniversario / Feliz aniversario |
| Georgian | გილოცავთ დაბადების დღეს (gilocavth dabadebis dghes) - frm გილოცავ დაბადების დღეს (gilocav dabadebis dghes) - inf |
| German | Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag |
| German (Swiss) | Härzliche Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag |
| Greek | Χρόνια Πολλά! (Hróña Pollá) Χαρούμενα Γενέθλια! (Harúmena genéthlia!) |
| Gujarati | જન્મ દિન મુબારક (janm din mūbārak) |
| Haitian Creole | Bonn fèt / Erez anivèsè |
| Hausa | Barka da sabon shekera |
| Hawaiian | Hauʻoli Lā Hānau |
| Hebrew | (Yom Huledet Sameakh) יום הולדת שמח |
| Hindi | जन्मदिन मुबारक हो
(janmadin mubārak ho) जन्मदिन की हार्दिक शुभकामनायें (janmadin kī hārdik śubhkāmnāyeṅ) सालगिरह मुबारक हो (sālgirah mubārak ho) सालगिरह की हार्दिक शुभकामनायें (sālgirah kī hārdik śubhkāmnāyeṅ) |
| Hmong | Zoo Siab Koj Hnub Yug |
| Hungarian | Boldog születésnapot |
| Icelandic | Til hamingju með afmælið |
| Ido | Bona / Felica nasko-dio |
| Indonesian | Selamat ulang tahun |
| Interlingua | Felice anniversario |
| Inuktitut | ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᖅᓯᐅᑦᓯᐊᕆᑦ (Nalliuniqsiutsiarit) |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Breithlá sona duit / Lá breithe shona duit |
| Italian | Buon compleanno |
| Japanese | お誕生日おめでとうございます (otanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu) |
| Jèrriais | Bouôn annivèrsaithe |
| Kannada | ಹುಟ್ಟು ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಶಯ (huṭṭu habbada śubhāśaya) |
| Kazakh | Туған күнің құтты болсын!
(Twğan küniñ quttı bolsın!) - inf Туған күніңіз құтты болсын! (Twğan küniñiz quttı bolsın!) - frm |
| Khmer | រីករាយថ្ងៃកំណើត (rīkarāyothṅaykomṇə̄ta) |
| Kinyarwanda | Isabukuru rwiza |
| Klingon | qoSlIj DatIvjaj |
| Korean | 생일축하합니다 (saengil chukha hamnida) |
| Kurdish | Cejnî li daykbûnit pîroz bê / Rojbûnit pîroz bê Rozhi la daikbunt piroz bet |
| Kyrghyz | Туулган күнүң менен (Tuulgan kunun menen) |
| Latin | Felix dies natalis / Felix sit natalis dies |
| Latvian | Daudz laimes dzimšanas dienā! Apsveicu dzimšanas dienā |
| Limburgish | Gelökkige verjaordaag |
| Lipen Søerjehn | (Festoy Nensktag)
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| Lithuanian | Su gimtadieni / Sveikinu gimtadienio proga |
| Lojban | terjbe.ui |
| Luxembourgeois | Vill Gléck fir däi Gebuertsdag! (inf) Vill Gléck fir äre Gebuertsdag! (frm) |
| Macedonian | Среќен роденден (Sreken rodenden) |
| Malay | Selamat hari jadi / Selamat hari lahir |
| Malayalam | ജന്മദിനാശംസകള് (janma dina ashamsakal) |
| Maltese | Heppi berdej / Nixtieqlek jum għeluq sninek sabiħ |
| Manx | Laa-ruggyree sonney dhyt |
| Māori | Rā Whānau ki a Koe! |
| Marathi | वाढदिवसाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा (vāḍhivsācyā hārdik śubhecchā) |
| Mongolian | Tєрсєн єдрийн баяр хvргэе (Tersen edriin bayar hurgeye) |
| Nepali | जन्मदिनको शुभकामना! (janmadinko shubhakamana) | Ndebele | Langelihle lokuzalwa |
| Norwegian | Gratulerer med dagen / Gratulerer med fødselsdagen |
| Occitan | Aürós aniversari! |
| Pashto | د زیږیدلو کلیزه دی مبارک شه (de zaigaidelo kaleeza dai mubarak sha) |
| Persian | (tavallodet mobārak) تولدت مبارک |
| Polish | Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin Wszystkiego najlepszego! Sto lat! |
| Portuguese | Parabéns / Feliz aniversário |
| Punjabi | ਜਨਮ ਦਿਨ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ। / جنم دِن مبارک (janam din mubārak) |
| Quechua | Kusikuy wata hunt'asqayki punchay |
| Romanian | La mulţi ani |
| Russian | С днем рождения (S dniom roždenija) |
| Sabethir | (Erathie'hyavras)
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| Samoan | Ia manuia lou Aso Fanau |
| Sardinian | Achent'annos / Bonos annos / Bonus annus |
| Scottish Gaelic | Là breith sona dhuit/dhuibh |
| Serbian | Срећан рођендан (Srećan rođendan) |
| Sesotho | Letsatsi le monate la tswalo |
| Shona | Uve nezuva rakanaka rekuzvarwa Uve nebhavhadhe rakanaka |
| Sindarin | Nostor veren |
| Sinhala | සුභ උපන් දිනයක් (subha upan dinayak) |
| Slovak | Všetko najlepšie (k narodeninám) |
| Slovenian | Vse najboljše / Vse najboljše za rojstni dan |
| Somali | Dhalasho wanaagsan |
| Spanish | ¡feliz cumpleaños! |
| Swahili | Nakutakia mema kwa siku yako ya kuzaliwa! Siku-kuo ya zaliwa njema! Furaha Ya Siku Ya Kuza Liwa! |
| Swedish | Grattis på födelsedagen |
| Tagalog | Maligayang kaarawan
(Happy Birthday) Maligayang bati sa iyong kaarawan (Happy/Joyful/Merry Wishes on your Birthday) Nawa'y pagpalain ka ng Diyos ng marami pang kaarawan (May God bless you with many more birthdays to come) |
| Tamil | இனிய பிறந்த நாள் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் (iniya pirandha naal nalvaazthukkal) |
| Tatar | Tugan könen belen |
| Tetum | Ksolok Loron Tinan Nian |
| Telugu | జన్మదిన శుభాకాంక్షలు / పుట్టినరోజు శుభాకాంక్షలు |
| Thai | สุขสันต์วันเกิด (sùk san wan gèrt) |
| Tongan | Ma'u ha 'aho fiefie Ma'u ha 'aho fa'ele'i fiefia |
| Tsotsil | Lekuk me ech'an ti avi chlok' ti a jabilale |
| Tswana | Letsatsi la tswalo lele monate |
| Turkish | Doğum günün kutlu olsun |
| Turkmen | Doglan günüň gutly bolsun |
| Ukrainian | Многая Літа
(Mnohaja Lita) = "Many Years" З днем народження (Z dnem narodžennia) |
| Urdu | (salgirah mubarak) سالگِرہ مبارک |
| Uzbek | Tug'ilgan kuningiz bilan! |
| Venetian | Bon compleano / Tanti auguri |
| Vietnamese | Chúc mừng sinh nhật |
| Volapük | Motöfadeli yofik |
| Welsh | Penblwydd Hapus |
| Xhosa | Imini emnandi kuwe |
| Yiddish | (A freilekhn geburtstog) א פריילעכן געבורצטאָג (Mazl-tov tsu dayn geburtstog) מזל־טובֿ צו דײַן געבורצטאָג (Mazl-tov tsu dayn geboyrn tog) מזל־טובֿ צו דײַן געבוירנטאָג |
| Yorùbá | Ẹ ku Ayọ Ọjọ Ibi |
| Zazaki | Roca toya d?nya-amaene bımbareke bo! |
| Zulu | Halala ngosuku lokuzalwa |
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