Merry Christmas in All languages! How can we say it in yours? :)

[Kosimo]

Is Ubuntu a multilingual and multicultural community? ;) Let's say Merry Christmas in many different languages around the world.

In catalan Language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language):

Merry Christmas
Bon Nadal !


Happy new year
Feliç Any Nou




How can we say it in yours?

[stijngysemans]

dutch
vrolijk kerstfeest
:)

[Toffeeapple]

Nadolig Llawen

Welsh

[tomcheng76]

繁體中文
聖誕快樂
简体中文
圣诞快乐

[odiseo77]

¡Feliz Navidad!

(Spanish)

[Malcolm]

Buon Natale!

(Italian)

[xyz]

French is one of the 4 languages spoken here so:

JOYEUX NOEL!

[Clarke]

Russian:
Счастливого Рождества!:)

[jouka]

Hyvää joulua!

(finnish meaning "Merry Christmas!")

Ja onnellista uutta vuotta!

(and a happy new year!)

[andrek]

Polish
Wesołych Świąt
[Merry Christmas]
i szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!
[and a happy New Year!]

[murmel]

God jul och gott nytt år!
SWEDISH! =)

(Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!)

[rune0077]

Danish:

God jul og godt nytår

[ezphilosophy]

繁體中文
聖誕快樂
简体中文
圣诞快乐

Just thought I'd elaborate on this one a little bit since the thread title is about how to "say" it.

Mandarin Chinese
圣诞快乐

sheng dan kuai le (Chinese pinyin)
shung don kwy le (my attempt to give phonetic spelling)

("don" in American English pronunciation)

[kevdog]

Yo, Merry freakin' Christmas G!

Hood

[rocka2k]

(in german)

Merry Chirstmas: Fröhliche Weihnachten

Happy new year: Frohes neues Jahr

[RedMist]

In Irish:

Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :guitar:

[mips]

Afrikaans:

Gesëende Kersfees (Merry Christmas)

Voorspoedige nuwe jaar (Happy new year)

[atomkarinca]

Türkçe (Turkish)

Merry Christmas: Mutlu Noeller
Happy New Year: Mutlu Yıllar

[new2*buntu]

Just thought I'd elaborate on this one a little bit since the thread title is about how to "say" it.

Mandarin Chinese
圣诞快乐

sheng dan kuai le (Chinese pinyin)
shung don kwy le (my attempt to give phonetic spelling)

("don" in American English pronunciation)

Yeah the "诞" part is kind of hard to change into English.

[pichalsi]

Slovak (Czech also) :
Vesele Vianoce !

[Zlatan]

Lithuanian:

Merry Christmas: Linksmų Kalėdų
Happy New Year: Laimingų Naujųjų Metų

cheers everyone here:)

[MONODA]

yenaad aalak.
arabic meaning happy whatever holiday it is.

[loell]

Filipino/Tagalog


Merry Christmas and A Happy new year: Maligayang Pasko at Manigong bagong taon

[jeffus_il]

חג שמח
(Any Holiday)

[Pancetilla]

Zorionak eta urte berri on

(Merry Xmas and happy new year, more or less)

basque :)...

[spamzilla]

English: Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year!

Someone had to do it :lolflag:

[koenn]

dutch
vrolijk kerstfeest
:)

zalig kerstfeest

(flemish / catholic version)

[adityakavoor]

Kannada

cristana huttu habbada shubhashayagalu :)

[Aerin]

Bengali :
Shubho Baradin (Merry Christmas)
Shubho Nobo Borsho (Happy New Year)

[mellowd]

First language: Merry Christmas!
Second Language: Gesëende Kersfees! (Afrikaans)
Wife's first language: Kellemes Karacsonyiunnepeket! (Hungarian)

[Chal]

greek:

merry christmas
Kalá Christújenna

happy new year
ke kaló néo étos

[Samhain13]

Filipino/Ilocano: Naimbag a Paskwa :)

[Lord DarkPat]

Hindi
aapko christmas ki shubh badhaiyaan(don't have the hindi font)

[rpalyvoda]

Христос рождається! (Ukrainian)

[Kingsley]

Ekelere m gi maka Kristmas! (Igbo)

[Island Girl]

Mele Kalikimaka from Hawaii!

[pjkoczan]

¡Feliz Navidad!

Prospero año y felicidad...

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom...of my...heart!!!

I apologize to everyone who gets that song stuck in their head. :mrgreen:

[billgoldberg]

Zalig kersfeest en een gelukkig nieuwjaar!
Mary christmas and a happy new year!

That's flemish. (dutch for the purists)

[Irihapeti]

Mere Kirihimete. Kia koa te tau hou.
Merry Christmas. May the new year be joyful. (Māori)

[ruibernardo]

(portuguese)

Feliz Natal! <- merry Christmas
Bom Ano Novo! <- happy new year


Cheers all!

[executor]

God Jul og Godt Nytt År

in norwegian

[JeffoOfMetal]

"Hey, all you crazy motherf***ers, you f****ers better have a f***in' great Christmas, you got that?"

Metalhead

I've been watching too many metal concerts.

:guitar:

[Kosimo]

We're still on time! :)

Any other one?

[FunkyJack]

Croatian:
Sretan Božić!

[kodoku]

Just thought I'd elaborate on this one a little bit since the thread title is about how to "say" it.

Mandarin Chinese
圣诞快乐

sheng dan kuai le (Chinese pinyin)
shung don kwy le (my attempt to give phonetic spelling)

("don" in American English pronunciation)

I think it's pronounced more like dan than don in Mandarin.

[HotShotDJ]

¡Feliz Solsticio! (Well, not "Merry Christmas" -- but close enough)

[bigbrovar]

Yoruba- NIgerian
Eku Odun Keresemese - Merry Xmas
Eku Odun Tuntun- Happy New Year

[abh83]

yenaad aalak.
arabic meaning happy whatever holiday it is.

Not sure what language that is but it aint Arabic mate! ;)

Male: كل سنة وانت طيّب (kullu sina wa inta tayyib)
Female: كل سنة وانت طيّبة (kullu sina wa inti tayyiba)

Can be used on any festive occasion.

[Balazs_noob]

Wife's first language: Kellemes Karacsonyiunnepeket! (Hungarian)
you probably don't have the special Hungarian characters
on you your English keyboard ;)

Kellemes Karácsonyi ünnepeket!
(Hungarian)

[mellowd]

you probably don't have the special Hungarian characters
on you your English keyboard ;)

Kellemes Karácsonyi ünnepeket!
(Hungarian)

Yeah :( I'm thinking of buying some hungarian stickers to stick on the keyboard and then switch backwards and forwards :p

[Balazs_noob]

Yeah :( I'm thinking of buying some hungarian stickers to stick on the keyboard and then switch backwards and forwards :p

you don't have to change back, a Hungarian keyboard
has all the English letters :)


Happy new year:
Boldog új évet
( Hungarian )

[mellowd]

you don't have to change back, a Hungarian keyboard
has all the English letters :)


Happy new year:
Boldog új évet
( Hungarian )


Yeah but then I'll have to find my way around a new keyboard :shock:

[iladw]

In Czech it's ->


Veselé Vánoce a šťastný nový rok!

In Bulgarian it's ->


Весела Коледа и честита нова година!

Both mean merry Christmas and happy new year.