Happy holidays around the world [Archive]

UllaCountryGal

12-16-2005, 9:38am

How do all y'all say Merry Christmas and happy New Year in your language?

Icelandic:
Merry Christmas: Geðileg jól
Happy New Year: Gleðilegt ár
Merry Christmas and happy New Year: Gleðileg jól og farsælt komandi ár
Happy holidays: Gleðilega hátíð

Kheops

12-16-2005, 10:05am

thanks Ulla! merry christmas everybody!!! and good holydays!
merci Ulla !joyeux noel et bonnes vacances a tous! ;)

Troll

12-16-2005, 10:25am

Thanks for the info.

canoilers

12-16-2005, 10:54am

Merry Christmas and happy New Year! Man I hope you guys can understand that, it kinda losses something in the translation somewhere. :p

shania megafan

12-16-2005, 11:02am

Italian:
Merry Christmas - Buon Natale
Happy New Year - Buon Anno Nuovo/Felice Anno Nuovo
Happy Holidays - Buone Vacanze

Zsuzsi (Suzy)

12-16-2005, 11:38am

Hungarian:
Merry Christmas - Kellemes karácsonyt (Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket)
Happy New Year - Boldog új évet
Happy Holidays - Kellemes szünidőt

our Christmas is: karácsony, and our New Year is: újév :)
and...

Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket és boldog új évet (to everybody)! :D

TwainMan

12-16-2005, 11:54am

Latvian:
Merry Christmas:Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus
Happy New Year:Laimīgu Jauno Gadu
Happy Holidays:Laimīgas Brīvdienas

MiniShaniaTwain

12-16-2005, 11:57am

Merry Christmas: Merry Christmas
Happy New Year: Happy New Year

And Rita- I knew the Italian phrase for Christmas (I'll PM you as to how- it's a cute story!)

Troll

12-16-2005, 2:03pm

More great info. :up:

aFinn

12-16-2005, 2:31pm

The phrases in Finnish:

Merry Christmas: Hyvää joulua
Happy New Year: Hyvää uutta vuotta or Onnellista uutta vuotta
Merry Christmas and happy New Year: Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta

Hyvä = good
Onnellinen= happy

Afonso

12-16-2005, 2:43pm

In portuguese:

Merry Christmas: Bom Natal
Happy new year: Feliz ano novo
Happy holidays: Boas ferias

Happy holidays everyone ;)

Annette

12-16-2005, 3:48pm

In Danish:

Merry Christmas: Glædelig jul or god jul
Happy new year: Godt nytår

I don't think we have an equivalelt to happy holidays in Danish:uhh:

melli

12-16-2005, 4:37pm

German:
Merry Christmas: Frohe Weihnachten
Happy New Year: Frohes neues Jahr
Merry Christmas and happy New Year: Frohe Weihnachten und ein frohes neues Jahr
Happy holidays: Schöne Ferien

Frohe Weihnachten to y'all :p !!!

Terjeriuke

12-17-2005, 6:31am

Lithuanian:
Merry Christmas: Laimingų, Šventų Kalėdų
Happy New Year: Laimingų Naujūjų matų
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year: Laimingų Šventų Kalėdų ir Naujūjų metų
Happy holidays: Džiaugsmingų švenčių

Happy holidays to everyone... :p

Ania

12-19-2005, 6:33am

Polish:

Happy Holidays: Wesołych Świąt
Merry Christmas: Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia
Happy New Year: Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year: Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku

WESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT everyone!!!! :)

aFinn

12-19-2005, 7:58am

WESOŁYCH ŚWIĄT everyone!!!! :)How do you pronounce that? :p

Ania

12-19-2005, 8:12am

How do you pronounce that? :p Trust me, you don't wanna know!! LOL Although Finnish can be pretty "unpronouncable" too sometimes, hehe :D

aFinn

12-19-2005, 9:18am

Trust me, you don't wanna know!! LOL Although Finnish can be pretty "unpronouncable" too sometimes, hehe :D:funny: We should have a competition, which is harder to pronounce, Polish or Finnish :p

Ania

12-19-2005, 9:33am

:funny: We should have a competition, which is harder to pronounce, Polish or Finnish :p That would be a killer one! LOL

Annette

12-19-2005, 9:41am

Just let me know when you do have that competition, I don't want to miss out on that:funny:

aFinn

12-19-2005, 11:19am

:p You could actually join us Annette, Danish sounds like someone has a hot potato in their mouth, I bet it's difficult to learn :p

Annette

12-19-2005, 12:30pm

Buuuut, I was just planning to sit in the audience with my suklaa nice and quiet and letting you guys making a fool out of yourselves:p

Ania

12-19-2005, 2:30pm

Buuuut, I was just planning to sit in the audience with my suklaa nice and quiet and letting you guys making a fool out of yourselves:p Is that your idea of a perfect December afternoon??? LOL

Troll

12-19-2005, 2:33pm

Just let me know when you do have that competition, I don't want to miss out on that:funny:

I would like to see that too.

UllaCountryGal

12-19-2005, 3:48pm

I would like to see that too.

I second that, although maybe I oughtn't say a lot about languages that have odd pronounciation.

Annette

12-19-2005, 5:50pm

Is that your idea of a perfect December afternoon??? LOL
Yep... when I don't have anything else to do:p

Ania

12-19-2005, 6:47pm

Yep... when I don't have anything else to do:p

Well, we're gonna have to see about that competition, hehe :D

Annette

12-20-2005, 6:12am

Cool! Just make sure to have it on a day where I don't have anything better to do:p

Ania

12-20-2005, 9:54am

Cool! Just make sure to have it on a day where I don't have anything better to do:p

Yes, I'm sure that will be our main concern :funny: :funny:

aFinn

12-20-2005, 2:14pm

Howsabout tongues getting in a knot, I'd say that would be the main concern :p

Ania

12-20-2005, 2:23pm

Howsabout tongues getting in a knot, I'd say that would be the main concern :p Most likely :D :D

aFinn

12-20-2005, 2:26pm

If I can guess, I think Finnish is easier than Polish :p

Ania

12-20-2005, 2:44pm

If I can guess, I think Finnish is easier than Polish :pI would venture that guess also, based on what I heard from my friend on her Finnish friends trying to learn Polish :D :D

aFinn

12-20-2005, 2:47pm

Well, FinnFreak has been to Poland, perhaps at some point he can fill in what it was like to learn Polish :p

Ania

12-20-2005, 3:10pm

Well, FinnFreak has been to Poland, perhaps at some point he can fill in what it was like to learn Polish :p Oh that would be interesting to hear :D

Annette

12-20-2005, 4:18pm

Well, FinnFreak has been to Poland, perhaps at some point he can fill in what it was like to learn Polish :p
He can be the judge of the contest:p

Annette

12-20-2005, 4:19pm

Yes, I'm sure that will be our main concern :funny: :funny:
Good, I'm glad we agree:]:p

FinnFreak

12-21-2005, 2:48am

Well, FinnFreak has been to Poland, perhaps at some point he can fill in what it was like to learn Polish :p

I failed miserably - a week in Krakow, and I only managed to pick up some key phrases... :sad:

...but I was surprised to notice how few spoke any English - German seems to be a lot more popular over there... :uhh:

Otherwise, I was HUGELY impressed: GREAT sights to see, EXCELLENT food and WONDERFUL people to meet..! :]

John - ;)

Ania

12-21-2005, 7:20am

...but I was surprised to notice how few spoke any English - German seems to be a lot more popular over there... :uhh: Really??? That's weird, cause English is much more popular in Poland than German. Maybe you talked to some German tourists or something!! LOL

Otherwise, I was HUGELY impressed: GREAT sights to see, EXCELLENT food and WONDERFUL people to meet..! :] That's Poland! :D :D But seriously, I think Poland is really interesting, but highly underestimated around the world.

Kheops

12-21-2005, 7:31am

i think that Poland is beautiful!!!!!

FinnFreak

12-21-2005, 7:56am

Really??? That's weird, cause English is much more popular in Poland than German. Maybe you talked to some German tourists or something!! LOL

No... - unless you make the German tourists work in stores & restaurants..! :p

I think the line runs somewhere with people in their 30's..? - people under the age of 30 spoke pretty good English...

http://www.gemmaway.com/images/Cloth%20Hall%20-%20Krakow.jpg
The Market Hall in the medieval town centre of Krakow,

http://www.tompgalvin.com/places/pl/photos/krakow_02.jpg http://libbiesweb.com/images/Krakow%20St%20Mary's.JPG
St Mary's Basilica,

http://emc.hyperlink.cz/pics/wavel1.jpg
...and the King's Castle were fascinating to see...

...plenty of history...

John - :)

canoilers

12-21-2005, 8:14am

You'd be right about the history. Thanks for the pictures and the little language lesson everybody. :D

Ania

12-21-2005, 8:34am

You might be right about the age factor - young people would usually speak good English, but let's say my parents' generation for example would speak German or Russian.

And yeah, Krakow is a very historic city :)