How To Say "Merry Christmas" in Different Languages
75Its Christmas time around the world and people exchange gifts and wishes in this special time of the year. Good will wishes are expressed in many different languages during this joyous time.
You may want to add a special greeting in your Christmas cards, gift tags or in your e-cards this year to wish your friends, neighbors, colleagues , chat friends "Merry Christmas" in other languages. If you are spending Christmas overseas this year, here is one resource that will help you communicate the greetings for the season.
1. Arabic - I'd Miilad said oua sana saida
2. Chinese - (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
3 Croatian - Sretan Bozic
4. Danish - Glædelig Jul
5. Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest
6. Filipino - Maligayang Pasko
7. Finnish - Hyvaa joulua
8. French - Joyeux Noël
9. German - Fröhliche Weihnachten
10. Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
11. Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal
12. Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit
13. Italian - Buon Natale!
14. Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
15. Korean - Sung Tan Chuk Ha
16. Latin - Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
17. Maltese: IL-Milied It-tajjeb
18. Portuguese - Feliz Natal!
19. Russian - Pozdravlyenie s Rozjdyestvom i s Novym Godom!
20. Swedish - God Jul
21. Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
22. Spanish - Feliz Navidad
23. Urdu - Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
24. Vietnamese - Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
25. Welsh - Nadolig Llawen
If you want to add/ correct the translation or if you know other languages or dialects, please feel free to leave a message on the comment box and I will update the list.
Wherever you are, however you say it, I hope and wish you a Merry Christmas and hope that the New Year will bring peace and good will to everyone.
Seasons Greetings in Many Languages
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Great idea for this HUB!
May I add the Hungarian, Belgium Flemish, and Luxemburg wishes to your list ? To all the Magyars 'Kellemes es Boldog Karacsonyt Kivanok'. To all the Flemish people in Belgium 'Zalig Kerstfeest' and to friends in Luxemburg the wishes go like this 'Schei Kreschtdeeg'
regards and best wishes for a Merry Christmas from Canada TOO
regards Zsuzsy
Great!
In Croatian, it's pronounced "SREH-tahn BO-zheech"
In Polish, it's Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia (veh-SO-wikh shveeont bo-ZHEH-go nah-ro-DZEH-nee-ah)
Sung Tan Chuk... This is interesting. MY grandmother is Korean, but she's forgotten a lot of her native language.
hello its great
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan, means "Wish you happy new year and Merry Christmas", but normally, Chinese will simply say: Sheng Dan Kuai Le! That's only means Merry Christmas.
Sheng: Saint
Dan: born
Kuai le: happy, merry.
merry christmas....Maligyang pasko sa inyong lahat dyan...
Happy Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
In Persian (both Farsi and Afghan) it's:
kheli khosh noel!
May I add Thai Language?
Merry X'mas = Suk Sun Wan Christ Mas
Edit for Japanese
Japanese - Shinnen omedeto >> this one means happy new year
the latter one is OK!
Thanks for an informative hub (and all the additional comments too). Sadly I only speak English, so Merry Christmas to you all!
Ways the phrase "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" is being said in many different languages in video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP8KghzOboA
Congratulations for your effort to provide this high quality information.
Regards,Keelan
Im from china and I say Kung his Hsin bing Chu Shen Tan or ,Gun Tso sun Tang Gung Haw sun for Merry Christmas in Chinese.I think Christmas is celebrated in many different ways ,from lighting trees to carrying colorful lanterns outside to worship God
"BOM NATAL E FELIZ ANO NOVO!"
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in portuguese.
Down under they say, ' Ave A Bonza Chrissy, Mate!'
Chritmas ki Badhai (Best wishes for Christmas) in Hindi.
In gujarati natal ni shubhecha (shu bhe cha)...
"Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan"
is this mandarin or cantonese? can somebody translate each word? thanks.
and merry christmas to everyone
Hi all, thanks for visiting my hub, I will try to find a YouTube that will help us say the greetings correctly. do come back.
hi your are cool guys
uk ha iki dod is Merry Christmas fo Argentna
Italian it is Buon Natale it means Happy Christmas thanks
In German we say: "Frohe Weinachten!"
A little typo In Texas we say "Merry Christmas y'all"
I think you say merry Christmas Boas Festas in Potuguese.
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in albanian you can wish : Gezuar Krishtlindjet
Feliz Navidad :)
In Ukrainian it is Z rizdistvom!!
That girl is definitely not Indonesian. Kudos for trying , though...
A very helpful and educational hub you got, keep it up and thanks for doing a good job. In Kankana-ey (a language in Northern Philippines), we say, "Kalalayad ay Paskua ya Balu Ay Taw-en Yo" - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
To sat Merry Christmas in Korean is
Sung Tan Jul….. Chuk Ha…..
I Know how to Say Merry christmas in French. it is Joyeux Noel1
Merry Blessed Christmas to all.. ^_^ May the Lord be with you.. godspeed
IN HINDI " APP SABHI KO "NAVA VARSH MAGALMAYA HO"~~**
In Estonian Merry Christmas is - Haid Joule! And Happy New Year is - Head Uut Aastat!
Merry Christmas Everyone! xxx
Maligayang Pasko sa inyong lahat! "merry christmas to all" in filipino :]
i have no idea how to sa merry christmas in my language......and I speak punjabi
In ILOKANO: "Naimbag a Pascua (Kadacayo)!"-> Merry Christmas (to you)!
Ilokano (variants: Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco, and Iloko) is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines.
ILOKANO is An Austronesian language, it is related to such languages as Indonesian, Malay, Fijian, Maori (of New Zealand), Hawaiian, Malagasy (of Madagascar), Samoan, Tahitian, Chamorro (of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), Tetum (of East Timor), and Paiwan (of Taiwan).
source: wikipedia.org
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MrMarmalade says:
2 years ago
Hi,
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan.
Son 3 is in China until christmas Eve,
He sent us this greeting yesterday, your timing as ever is perfect
Thank you