Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, >m = said to males, >f said to females.
| Language | Happy Birthday |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gelukkige Verjaarsdag |
| Albanian | Gëzuar Ditëlindjen |
| Aleut | Raazdinyaam Ugutaa |
| Amharic | መልከም ልደት (melekame lidete) |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (kull sanah wa anta ṭayyib)
كل سنة و انت طيب (kull sana wa anti ṭayyibah) كل عام و أنت بخير |
| 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) |
| Bosnian | Srećan 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 | Deeqhal xyyl vinde |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
生日快樂 (sàangyaht faailohk) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
生日快樂 (sang niyt khwài lók) |
| Chinese (Hokkien) |
生日快樂 (Sen-jít khoài-lók) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
生日快樂 [生日快乐] (shēngrì kuàilè) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
生日快乐 (sinni kualoq) |
| Cornish | Penn-bloedh Lowen |
| 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 |
| Finnish | Hyvää syntymäpäivää |
| Flemish | Gelukkige verjaardag |
| French | Joyeux anniversaire Bon anniversaire Bonne fête (in Quebec) |
| Friulian | Bon Natalizi |
| Georgian | გილოცავთ დაბადების დღეს (gilocavth dabadebis dghes) - frm გილოცავ დაბადების დღეს (gilocav dabadebis dghes) - inf |
| German | Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburstag |
| Greek | Χρόνια Πολλά! (Hróña Pollá) Χαρούμενα Γενέθλια! (Harúmena genéthlia!) |
| Hawaiian | Hauʻoli Lā Hānau |
| Hebrew | (Yom Huledet Sameakh) יום הולדת שמח |
| Hindi | जन्मदिन
मुबारक हो
(janmadina mubārak ho) सालगिरह की हार्दिक शुभकामनायें (sālgirah kī hārdik śubhkāmnāyeṅ) |
| 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 |
| Kazakh | Туған күнің құтты болсын!
(Twğan küniñ quttı bolsın!) - inf Туған күніңіз құтты болсын! (Twğan küniñiz quttı bolsın!) - frm |
| Kinyarwanda | Isabukuru rwiza |
| Klingon | qoSlIj DatIvjaj |
| Korean | 생일축하합니다 (saengil chukha hamnida) |
| 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)
|
| Lithuanian | 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 | ജന്മ ദിനാശംസകള (janma dina ashamsakal) |
| 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! |
| Persian | (tavallodet mobārak) تولدت مبارک |
| Polish | Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin Wszystkiego najlepszego! |
| Portuguese | Parabéns Feliz aniversário |
| Romanian | La mulţi ani |
| Russian | С днем рождения (S dniom roždenija) |
| Sabethir | (Erathie'hyavras)
|
| Scottish Gaelic | Là breith sona dhuit/dhuibh |
| Serbian | Срећан рођендан (Srećan rođendan) |
| Sesotho | Letsatsi le monate la tswalo |
| Sindarin | Nostor veren |
| Sinhala | Subha upan dinayak |
| Slovak | Všetko najlepšie (k narodeninám) |
| Slovenian | Vse najboljše (za rojstni dan) |
| 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) |
| Telugu | జన్మదిన శుభాకాంక్షలు / పుట్టినరోజు శుభాకాంక్షలు |
| Thai | สุขสันต์วันเกิด (sook sun wan gerd) |
| Turkish | Doğum günün kutlu olsun
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| 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! |
| Vietnamese | Chúc mừng sinh nhật |
| Volapük | Motöfadeli yofik |
| Welsh | Penblwydd Hapus |
| Xhosa | Imini emnandi kuwe |
| Yiddish | (A freilekhn geburtstog) א פריילעכן געבורטסטאג (Mazl-tov tsu dayn geburtstog) 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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