Saturday 31 December 2011

Happy New Year


LANGUAGE                         TRANSLATION

AFRIKAANS gelukkige nuwejaar / voorspoedige nuwejaar
AKPOSSO     ilufio ètussé
ALBANIAN   Gëzuar vitin e ri
ALSATIAN    e glëckliches nëies / güets nëies johr
ARABIC         عام سعيد (aam saiid) / sana saiida
ARMENIAN   shnorhavor nor tari
ATIKAMEKW           amokitanone
AZERI yeni iliniz mubarek
BAMBARA    aw ni san'kura / bonne année
BASAA           mbuee
BASQUE        urte berri on
BELARUSIAN           З новым годам (Z novym hodam)
BENGALI       subho nababarsho
BERBER         asgwas amegas
BETI    mbembe mbu
BOBO bonne année
BOSNIAN      sretna nova godina
BRETON        bloavezh mat / bloavez mad
BULGARIAN честита нова година (chestita nova godina)
BURMESE      hnit thit ku mingalar pa
CANTONESE            sun lin fi lok / kung hé fat tsoi
CATALAN     bon any nou
CHINESE       xin nian kuai le / xin nian hao
CORSICAN   pace e salute
CROATIAN   sretna nova godina
CZECH           šťastný nový rok
DANISH         godt nytår
DARI   sale naw tabrik
DUALA          mbu mwa bwam
DUTCH          gelukkig nieuwjaar
ENGLISH       happy new year
ESPERANTO feliĉan novan jaron
ESTONIAN    head uut aastat
EWE    eƒé bé dzogbenyui nami
EWONDO      mbembe mbu
FAROESE      gott nýggjár
FINNISH        onnellista uutta vuotta
FLEMISH       gelukkig nieuwjaar
FRENCH        bonne année
FRISIAN        lokkich neijier
FRIULAN       bon an
GALICIAN     feliz aninovo
GEORGIAN   გილოცავთ ახალ წელს (gilocavt akhal tsels)
GERMAN       ein gutes neues Jahr / prost Neujahr
GREEK           kali chronia / kali xronia
eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos (we wish you a happy new year)
GUJARATI     sal mubarak / nootan varshabhinandan
GUARANÍ      rogüerohory año nuévo-re
HAITIAN CREOLE   bònn ané
HAOUSSA     barka da sabuwar shekara
HAWAIIAN   hauoli makahiki hou
HEBREW        שנה טובה (shana tova)
HERERO        ombura ombe ombua
HINDI nav varsh ki subhkamna
HMONG         nyob zoo xyoo tshiab
HUNGARIAN            boldog új évet
ICELANDIC   gleðilegt nýtt ár
INDONESIAN           selamat tahun baru
IRISH GAELIC          ath bhliain faoi mhaise
ITALIAN        felice anno nuovo, buon anno
JAVANESE    sugeng warsa enggal
JAPANESE     akemashite omedetô
KABYLIAN   asseggas ameggaz
KANNADA    hosa varshada shubhaashayagalu
KASHMIRI    nav reh mubarakh
KAZAKH       zhana zhiliniz kutti bolsin
KHMER          sur sdei chhnam thmei
KIEMBU        ngethi cya mwaka mweru
KINYARWANDA     umwaka mwiza
KIRUNDI       umwaka mwiza
KOREAN       새해 많이 받으세요 (seh heh bok mani bat uh seyo)
KURDE          sala we ya nû pîroz be
LAO    sabai di pi mai
LATIN            felix sit annus novus
LATVIAN       laimīgu Jauno gadu
LIGURIAN     bón ànno nêuvo
LINGALA       bonana / mbula ya sika elamu na tonbeli yo
LITHUANIAN           laimingų Naujųjų Metų
LOW SAXON            gelükkig nyjaar
LUXEMBOURGEOIS           e gudd neit Joër
MACEDONIAN        Среќна Нова Година (srekna nova godina)
MALAGASY  arahaba tratry ny taona
MALAY          selamat tahun baru
MALAYALAM          nava varsha ashamshagal
MALTESE      is-sena t-tajba
MANGAREVAN       kia porotu te ano ou
MAORI           kia hari te tau hou
MARATHI      navin varshaachya hardik shubbheccha
MARQUISIAN          kaoha nui tenei ehua hou
MOHAWK     ose:rase
MONGOLIAN           Шинэ жилийн баярын мэнд хvргэе (shine jiliin bayariin mend hurgeye)
MORÉ wênd na kô-d yuum-songo
NDEBELE      umyaka omucha omuhle
NGOMBALE  ngeu' shwi pong mbeo paghe
NORWEGIAN           godt nyttår
OCCITAN      bon annada
ORIYA           subha nababarsa / naba barsara hardika abhinandan
OURDOU       naya sar Mubarak
PAPIAMENTU          felis anja nobo
PASHTO        nawe kaalmo mobarak sha
PERSIAN       سال نو مبارک (sâle no mobârak)
POLISH          szczęśliwego nowego roku
PORTUGUESE          feliz ano novo
PUNJABI        ਨਵੇਂ ਸਾਲ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ (nave saal deeyan vadhaiyaan)
ROMANCHE bun di bun onn
ROMANI        baxtalo nevo bersh
ROMANIAN  un an nou fericit / la mulţi ani
RUSSIAN       С Новым Годом (S novim godom)
SAMOAN      ia manuia le tausaga fou
SANGO          nzoni fini ngou
SARDINIAN  bonu annu nou
SCOTTISH GAELIC  bliadhna mhath ur
SERBIAN       srećna nova godina / Срећна нова година
SHIMAORE   mwaha mwema
SHONA          goredzva rakanaka
SINDHI          nain saal joon wadhayoon
SINHALESE   ශුභ අළුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා (shubha aluth awuruddak weiwa)
SLOVAK        šťastný nový rok
SLOVENIAN srečno novo leto
SOBOTA        dobir leto
SOMALI         sanad wanagsan
SPANISH       feliz año nuevo
SRANAN       wan bun nyun yari
SWAHILI       mwaka mzuri / heri ya mwaka mpya
SWEDISH      gott nytt år
SWISS-GERMAN     es guets Nöis
TAGALOG     manigong bagong taon
TAHITIAN     ia orana i te matahiti api
TAMAZIGHT assugas amegaz
TAMIL            iniya puthandu nalVazhthukkal
TATAR           yaña yıl belän
TELUGU         నూతన సంవత్శర శుభాకాంక్షలు (nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu)
THAI   สวัสดีปีใหม่ (sawatdii pimaï)
TIBETAN       tashi delek / losar tashi delek
TIGRE sanat farah wa khare
TSHILUBA     tshidimu tshilenga
TSWANA       itumelele ngwaga o mosha
TULU  posa varshada shubashaya
TURKISH       yeni yılınız kutlu olsun
TWENTS        gluk in'n tuk
UDMURT       Vyľ Aren
UKRAINIAN Щасливого Нового Року / З Новим роком (Z novym rokom)
URDU naya saal mubarik
UZBEK           yangi yilingiz qutlug' bo'lsin
VIETNAMESE           Chúc Mừng Nǎm Mới / Cung Chúc Tân Niên / Cung Chúc Tân Xuân
WALOON      ene boune anéye, ene boune sintéye
WALOON ("betchfessîs" spelling)       bone annéye / bone annéye èt bone santéye
WELSH          blwyddyn newydd dda
WEST INDIAN CREOLE      bon lanné
WOLOF         dewenati
XHOSA          nyak'omtsha
YIDDISH        a gut yohr
ZULU  unyaka omusha omuhle


 

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Tuesday 13 December 2011

New year´s Eve in Argentina

 
New  Year`s  Eve  is  possibly  the  most  awaited  celebration  in  Argentina.  It  is  the perfect

opportunity  for  its inhabitants  to  do  one  of  the  activities  they  enjoy  the  most,  gathering

together with friends and family.

 Everything  starts the  afternoon  of the  31st  when  everybody  hastily  leaves work to  get  ready

for the  evening. Some people say that it is not a true Argentinian celebration if there is not a well

prepared barbecue which must be started early on or during the sunset.

 Even though in our country there  is  no  popular  downtown  meeting  point  where  everyone  goes

for the usual  New  Year’s  countdown  at  twelve o’clock,  there  is  always  time  for  a  toast  while 

admiring  the  sky,  since  another  tradition  is  to light  fireworks  of  every  size  and  color. 

Tourists  can  fail  to  understand  why  two neighbours can take their passion for fireworks to the

extent of becoming competitive  for the loudest and  biggest  explosion.  After  midnight  a  lot  of 

people,  especially the young ones,   turn  to  the legendary local nightlife to continue celebrating.

 New Year´s Eve is always a special occasion, but in Argentina it is always very  enjoyable.





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