Happy New Year: cards and greetings in different languages

New Year is a big national holiday celebrated all over the world. Traditions and customs are different everywhere, but the inhabitants of different continents are united by one thing: the belief in miracles and magic. And, of course, on New Year's Eve, warm wishes for the main holiday of the year are heard all over the world. "Izvestia" collected the best wishes with New Year in different languages, which can be shared on the eve of the celebration.

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In Russia and many other countries of the world, the main wishes for the holiday are phrases: "Happy New Year!" or "Happy New Year!". They are often said when meeting at the pre-holiday time, when the clock strikes, or written on greeting cards.

The British and Americans, for example, traditionally congratulate each other with the words: Happy New Year. A wish for a merry Christmas is often added to the greeting: Happy New Year and Merry Christmas. The French say Bonne année or Bonne et heureuse année. And in Germany they say: Frohes Neues Jahr.

Italians use the phrase Felice Anno Nuovo. You can also add Buone feste to it, which means wishing you a good holiday season. And in Spanish, a kind and respectful greeting is ¡Feliz año nuevo! That said, according to Spanish grammar, you have to remember to put exclamation marks at the beginning and end of the sentence. Only at the beginning this sign is "upside down".

In Belarus on New Year's Eve you can hear: "Z Novye gody" or "Vinshuyu z Novye gody" ("Congratulations on the New Year"). In Kazakhstan - "Zhanja zhyl kutty bolsyn", in Tatarstan - "Yaңa yel kotly bulsyn", in Udmurtia - "Vyl shudburen", and in Buryatia - "Shene zhelei bayaray mende khurgee".

In Georgian, the New Year greeting is written as follows: გილგილოცავთ ახალ წელს (hilotsavt ahal tzels), in Arabic - سنة جديدة سعيدة (sanat jadidat sayyida), in Hebrew - שנה טובה (shana tova), and in Chinese - 新年快樂 (wo zhu ni xin nian).

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Happy New Year in prose in Chinese, Kazakh and other languages

To the standard Happy New Year greeting you can add a few phrases, expressing your sincere wishes to friends and relatives who live abroad. For this purpose it is not necessary to sit down for dictionaries. It is enough to use ready-made templates.

Here are some examples of how to congratulate the holiday in Chinese, Kazakh, Belarusian, Tatar and other languages:

Happy New Year greetings in Chinese

新年快樂！祝您财运亨通，多福多寿！愿节日的愉快伴您一生！

("Happy New Year! I wish you good luck, happiness and longevity! May the feeling of celebration accompany you all your life!")

Happy New Year greetings in Arabic

راحت سنة بكل ما فيها بأحزانها وأمانيها وجت سنة جديدة أتمنى فيها ربي يحققق أمانينا.

("The year with all its sorrows and sorrows has passed and the New Year has come, in which I hope God will fulfill all your wishes").

Happy New Year greeting in Kazakh language

"Zhanja zhyl kutty bolsyn! Otbasyңyzga bakyt, densaulyk, amandyk tileimin! Do not touch the device while it is plugged in!"

("Happy New Year! I wish your family happiness, health and prosperity! May all your wishes come true!")

Happy New Year greetings in the Belarusian language

"Z nadykhodzhyach New Year i Narajennom Khrystovom! We wish you success and success in achieving all your goals! May the year bring happiness, joy, harmony and contentment to your families!"

"Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! I would like to wish you prosperity and success in achieving all your goals! May happiness, joy, harmony and coziness reign in your families this year!"

Happy New Year greetings in Tatar

"Yaңa el belәn! Sinya yaңa ya yakty fikerlar, kunelle hәm kyzykly maҗaralar, yakhshy duslar, mөhәbbbәt, zur uңyshlar, shulay uk toryklyk hәm eshendә uңyshlar telim!"

("Happy New Year! I wish you new and bright ideas, fun and interesting adventures, good friends, love, great success, as well as stability and success in your work!")

Postcards prepared by Izvestia using photos by Global Look Press, Alexander Vilf, Pavel Volkov, Konstantin Kokoshkin, Sergey Lantyukhov and Evgeniya Novozhenina.