How to say ‘happy birthday’ in 25 languages

Wednesday, 6th May 2009

As Cactus celebrates its 10th year in existence, we look at how to say 'happy birthday' in 25 different languages

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Croatian	Sretan Rodendan!
Danish	Tillykke med fodselsdagen!
Dutch	Hartelijk gefeliciteerd!
Farsi	Tavalodet Mobarak!
French	Joyeux Anniversaire!
German	Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Greek	Eytyxismena Genethlia!
Hungarian	Boldog szuletesnapot!
Indonesian	Selamat Ulang Tahun!
Irish-gaelic	La-breithe mhaith agat!
Italian	Buon Compleanno!
Japanese	Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu!
Korean	Saeng il chuk ha ham ni da!
Nepali	Janma dhin ko Subha kamana!
Norwegian	Gratulerer med dagen!
Polish	Wszystkiego Najlepszego!
Portuguese	Feliz Aniversario!
Romanian	La Multi Ani!
Russian	S dniom razhdjenia!
Serbian	Srecan Rodjendan!
Spanish	Feliz Cumpleaos!
Taiwanese	San leaz quiet lo!
Thai	Suk San Wan Keut!
Turkish	Dogum gunun kutlu olsun!
Welsh	Penblwydd Hapus i Chi!

Tags: phrases, language, languages, cactus

Posted by Laura Lippert 2009-05 under Vocabulary,
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1. Posted by Deepith  on  10/18  at  07:15 PM

   Hello, it is really fun to learn about this in different languages, I have written a similar post like this.
   http://wannabeengineer.net/happy-birthday-in-different-languages/
   
   You have missed on few funnier languages, do check it out :D

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