Monday, January 3, 2011

Happy New Year

 Friday, one of my cats knocked the router off of the desk and I couldn't sign back on to the net after that. Had to wait for Monday for a tech to come out and fix it. So a belated Happy New Year!!

"A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to the world!" Charles Dickens


United States
Happy New Year

When the clock strikes twelve on December 31st, people all over the world cheer and wish each other a very Happy New Year. For some, this event is no more than a change of a calendar. For others, the New Year symbolizes the beginning of a better tomorrow. So, if you look forward to a good year ahead, spread happiness with these wonderful New Year wishes. anonymous

Afrikaans
Voorspoe dige nuwe jaar


Arabi
 Kul'am wa antum bikhair

Bahasa Malaysia
:Selamat Tahun Baru!

Basque
 Urte Berri on

Bengali
Shuvo nobobors ho



"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called 'Opportunity' and its first chapter is New Year's Day." Edith Lovejoy Pierce



Chinese (Cantonese)
Sun nien fai lok

Chinese (Mandarin)
Xin nian yu kuai


"He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; he who makes one is a fool."
F. M. Knowles

Croatian
 Sretna Nova Godina

Czech
 Šťastný nový rok

Danish
Gody NytAr


"Every new year people make resolutions to change aspects of themselves they believe are negative. A majority of people revert back to how they were before and feel like failures. This year I challenge you to a new resolution. I challenge you to just be yourself."
Aisha Elderwyn

Dutch
Gelukkig nieuwjaar

Esperanto
Bonan Novjaron

Finnish
 Hyvää Uutta Vuotta

French
 Bonne Année

German
 Ein Gutes Neues Jahr

"Here's to us all. God bless us every one!"
(Tiny Tim's toast from A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens)

Greek
 Eutychis menos o kainourgi

Hawaiian
Hauoli Makahiki hou

Hebrew
 Shana Tova - שנה טובה

Hindi
Nawa varsha mangalmaya ho

Hungarian
Boldog ujj evett


May the friends of our youth be the companions of our old age.
anonymous

Indonesian (Bahasa)
Selamat Tahun Baru

Italian
 Felice Anno Nuovo


Japanese
 akemashite omedetou

Korean
 Sae hae bok manhi badeuseyo

Laotian (Hmong)
Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab

Your Merry Christmas may depend on what others do for you. But your Happy New Year depends on what you do for others. Anonymous

Latin
 Felix sit annus novus

Nigerian (Hausa)
Barka da sabuwar shekara

Norwegian
Godt Nytt Ar

Phillippines (Tagalog)
Manigong Bagong Taon

Polish
Szczesliwego Nowego Roku


"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul."
G. K. Chesterton

Portuguese
 Feliz Ano Novo

Romanian
La Multi Ani si Un An Nou Fericit

Russian
 Z Novim Godom

Samoan
 Ia manuia le Tausaga Fou

Slovenian
 Sretno Novo Leto


"For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning."
T. S. Eliot

Spanish
Feliz ano nuevo

Swahili
Heri za Mwaka Mpya

Swedish
Gott Nytt Ar

Turkish
 Yeni yılın kutlu olsun

Urdu
 Naya saal mubarak ho




Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer,

With never a thought of sorrow;

The old goes out, but the glad young year

Comes merrily in tomorrow.

Emily Miller



Vietnamese
 Chuc mung nam moi

Welsh
 Blwyddyn Newydd Dda


Glory to God in highest heaven,

Who unto man His Son hath given;

While angels sing with tender mirth,

A glad new year to all the earth.
Martin Luther











1 comment:

  1. Happy New Year, Christine and Roy! We wish our friends good health, peace and joy in living, and a growing faith relationship with Almighty God. Blessings to you both, Rosemary

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