This is how to say Happy Valentine’s Day in various languages: * Arabic – Eid hob sa’eed, habibi (to a male), Eid hob sa’eed,habibti (to a female) * Dutch – Fijne valentijnsdag * French – Bonne Saint Valentin * German – Happy Valentinstag * Hawaiian – Hau’oli La Aloha * Indonesian – Selamat Hari Kasih Sayang * Italian – Felice San Valentino * Japanese – Shiawasena Barentainde * Portuguese – Feliz Dia dos Namorados * Ma
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Happy Valentine’s Day in Different Languages!GeniusJack63This is how to say Happy Valentine’s Day in various languages:
Arabic – Eid hob sa’eed, habibi (to a male), Eid hob sa’eed,habibti (to a female)
Dutch – Fijne valentijnsdag
French – Bonne Saint Valentin
German – Happy Valentinstag
Hawaiian – Hau’oli La Aloha
Indonesian – Selamat Hari Kasih Sayang
Italian – Felice San Valentino
Japanese – Shiawasena Barentainde
Portuguese – Feliz Dia dos Namorados
Mandarin – Qingren jie kuaile
Spanish – Feliz dia de San Valentin
Swedish – Glad Alla hjartans dag
Thailand – Sook San Wan Valentine
Turkish – Sevgililer Günün Kutlu Olsun (to one person) and Sevgililer Gününüz Kutlu Olsun (to more than one person, or formal)
How do you say it in your language?February 14, 2015
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This is how to say Happy Valentine’s Day in various languages:
Arabic – Eid hob sa’eed, habibi (to a male), Eid hob sa’eed,habibti (to a female)
Dutch – Fijne valentijnsdag
French – Bonne Saint Valentin
German – Happy Valentinstag
Hawaiian – Hau’oli La Aloha
Indonesian – Selamat Hari Kasih Sayang
Italian – Felice San Valentino
Japanese – Shiawasena Barentainde
Portuguese – Feliz Dia dos Namorados
Mandarin – Qingren jie kuaile
Spanish – Feliz dia de San Valentin
Swedish – Glad Alla hjartans dag
Thailand – Sook San Wan Valentine
Turkish – Sevgililer Günün Kutlu Olsun (to one person) and Sevgililer Gününüz Kutlu Olsun (to more than one person, or formal)
How do you say it in your language?
February 14, 2015
47 CommentsGaga986Срећан Дан заљубљених! SerbianFebruary 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25<3 pretty! <3February 14, 2015Gaga986thanks 🙂 litteraly it will be Happy Day of people in love :)February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25that's not far from the word for people in love in Russian... влюбленный: a word I know only because of the translation of "Shakespeare in Love", влюбленный шекспир!February 14, 2015Gaga986Заљубљени Шекспир would be in Serbian :)February 14, 2015Azure_WatersMy mom was born on Valentine's day!! ^_^ also in persian, we would say....rooze eshgh mobarak!! (:February 14, 2015GeniusJack63Oh, yay, that's great!! ^__^ Thanks a lot! :DFebruary 14, 2015AnttiTigreFinnish - Hyvää ystävänpäivääFebruary 14, 2015scarcererLiterally "Good Friend's-Day" (not to be confused with the non-existent Good-Friend's Day" which would be "hyvän ystävän päivä").February 14, 2015RikShaI just read today that only Finland and Estonia celebrate today more as friends' day (ystävä = friend) instead of lovers' day.February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25That sounds much better to me!February 14, 2015amuzuloIn Esperanto: Feliĉan Valentintago! 🙂
I even added that to my last Incubator update. 😀
http://incubator.duolingo.com/courses/eo/en/statusFebruary 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25Oooh! runs off to read updateFebruary 14, 2015OnesimusUnboundTagalog - Maligayang Araw ng Puso (literal translation: Happy Heart's Day)February 14, 2015[deactivated user]persian:روز عشاق مبارکFebruary 14, 2015ShongZuoIn Mandarin we never say
"Kuaile qingren jie" (happy valentine's day),
we say
"Qingren jie kuaile" (valentine's day happy )! :)February 14, 2015GeniusJack63Good to know, thanks! I'll change it! :)February 14, 2015elenieldo2000Simplified Chinese: 情人节快乐！
Traditional Chinese: 情人節快樂！February 14, 2015AnIsAPandahIn my language? I actually have no idea, ask Trang. (Oh actually, I'll ask her)February 14, 2015Trang.Lễ Tình Nhân vui vẻ! Nice post JackFebruary 14, 2015SurrealSoulIn Ukrainian (По-Українськи):
Вітаю вас (тебе) з днем святого Валентина!
Latin - Vitayu vas (tebe) z dnem svyatoho Valentyna!February 14, 2015[deactivated user]Or "З днем закоханих!" — z dnem zakókhanykh!February 16, 2015SurrealSoulО, це навіть краще :)February 18, 2015CipollIn Italian, "Buon San Valentino" is definitely more common than "Felice San Valentino" :DFebruary 14, 2015Stuttgart3Hungarian: Boldog Valentin napot!February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25с днем святого валентиа
okay, not my language exactly, but the one I speak best after English! (Russian, as you probably already figured out.)
s dnyom sviyatova valentina <- approx, for the non Cyrillic reading folks
:)February 14, 2015Azure_WatersRussian is so beautiful, I think I just might shed a tear :')February 14, 2015mare_sargassoMutlu Sevgililer Günü is not true, and so it sounds weird. 😀 Sevgililer Günün Kutlu Olsun (informal and singular) and Sevgililer Gününüz Kutlu Olsun (formal and plural) are the proper ones in Turkish.February 14, 2015GeniusJack63Fixed, thanks!!! :DFebruary 14, 2015mare_sargassoYou're welcome! :)February 14, 2015DARKMEN.lễ tình nhân vui vẻ: VietnameseFebruary 14, 2015VathnIn dutch we say "Fijne valentijnsdag" instead of "gelukkige valentijnsdag" ^-^February 14, 2015fveldigModPlusNorwegian:
(Blank because it's not really celebrated, so there's not really a good way to translate it. The direct translation from English would be "God/Gledelig valentinsdag")February 14, 2015trottoarPlus54The same for Polish 😉 The name of the Valentine's Day in Polish is "Walentynki" though.February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25Walentynki sounds so cute to me!
Edited because autocorrect changed it at the last minute to Wale tunk: not so cute...!February 14, 2015trottoarPlus54Due to the pronounciation of the word, it can sound either like "Walentynki" or "Walętynki" (where "walę" means "I hit" and "tynki" means "plasters", so this is how some people make fun of this word). I should start doing this Weird Polish Facts daily haha.February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25hahaha that's great - and yes, you should definitely do a daily Weird Polish Facts - I would read it!February 14, 2015SorrisoMW420"Happy" is not a German word and wouldn't be used here.
I think the shortest correct form would be something like "Froher Valentinstag!"
(There are longer forms like "Alles Gute zum Valentinstag!", "Ich wünsche dir einen frohen/schönen Valentinstag!", ...)February 14, 2015Anrui5The Swedish is slightly wrong; Glad alla hjärtans dag
You need the dots over the a... :)February 14, 2015[deactivated user]"You need the dots over the a... :)"
This is Finnish - those guys surely know what you are talking about: Hyvää ystävänpäivääFebruary 16, 2015SenoritaBlaBlaSevgililər gününüz mübarək 🙂 AzerbaijaniFebruary 14, 2015mare_sargassoSevgililər günün mübarək də demirsinizmi? :)February 14, 2015SenoritaBlaBlaDeyirik 🙂 Sadəcə burda daha ümumi yazdım :)February 14, 2015shirel.tai780hebrew - יום אהבה שמח (yom a'ava same'akh), literal translation - happy love dayFebruary 14, 2015HighRoller212502In french you would rather say 'Joyeux Saint Valentin'. And if you say it your way (which is almost never used) you would say "Bon Saint Valentin'.February 14, 2015[deactivated user]Devezh Sant Valentin laouen! - in Breton :)February 16, 2015linguafiqari2Amharic
መልካም ቫለንታይን ቀን! [məlkam valəntayn Qən]February 28, 2015
47 Comments
Gaga986Срећан Дан заљубљених! SerbianFebruary 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25<3 pretty! <3February 14, 2015Gaga986thanks 🙂 litteraly it will be Happy Day of people in love :)February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25that's not far from the word for people in love in Russian... влюбленный: a word I know only because of the translation of "Shakespeare in Love", влюбленный шекспир!February 14, 2015Gaga986Заљубљени Шекспир would be in Serbian :)February 14, 2015Azure_WatersMy mom was born on Valentine's day!! ^_^ also in persian, we would say....rooze eshgh mobarak!! (:February 14, 2015GeniusJack63Oh, yay, that's great!! ^__^ Thanks a lot! :DFebruary 14, 2015AnttiTigreFinnish - Hyvää ystävänpäivääFebruary 14, 2015scarcererLiterally "Good Friend's-Day" (not to be confused with the non-existent Good-Friend's Day" which would be "hyvän ystävän päivä").February 14, 2015RikShaI just read today that only Finland and Estonia celebrate today more as friends' day (ystävä = friend) instead of lovers' day.February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25That sounds much better to me!February 14, 2015amuzuloIn Esperanto: Feliĉan Valentintago! 🙂
I even added that to my last Incubator update. 😀
http://incubator.duolingo.com/courses/eo/en/statusFebruary 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25Oooh! runs off to read updateFebruary 14, 2015OnesimusUnboundTagalog - Maligayang Araw ng Puso (literal translation: Happy Heart's Day)February 14, 2015[deactivated user]persian:روز عشاق مبارکFebruary 14, 2015ShongZuoIn Mandarin we never say
"Kuaile qingren jie" (happy valentine's day),
we say
"Qingren jie kuaile" (valentine's day happy )! :)February 14, 2015GeniusJack63Good to know, thanks! I'll change it! :)February 14, 2015elenieldo2000Simplified Chinese: 情人节快乐！
Traditional Chinese: 情人節快樂！February 14, 2015AnIsAPandahIn my language? I actually have no idea, ask Trang. (Oh actually, I'll ask her)February 14, 2015Trang.Lễ Tình Nhân vui vẻ! Nice post JackFebruary 14, 2015SurrealSoulIn Ukrainian (По-Українськи):
Вітаю вас (тебе) з днем святого Валентина!
Latin - Vitayu vas (tebe) z dnem svyatoho Valentyna!February 14, 2015[deactivated user]Or "З днем закоханих!" — z dnem zakókhanykh!February 16, 2015SurrealSoulО, це навіть краще :)February 18, 2015CipollIn Italian, "Buon San Valentino" is definitely more common than "Felice San Valentino" :DFebruary 14, 2015Stuttgart3Hungarian: Boldog Valentin napot!February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25с днем святого валентиа
okay, not my language exactly, but the one I speak best after English! (Russian, as you probably already figured out.)
s dnyom sviyatova valentina <- approx, for the non Cyrillic reading folks
:)February 14, 2015Azure_WatersRussian is so beautiful, I think I just might shed a tear :')February 14, 2015mare_sargassoMutlu Sevgililer Günü is not true, and so it sounds weird. 😀 Sevgililer Günün Kutlu Olsun (informal and singular) and Sevgililer Gününüz Kutlu Olsun (formal and plural) are the proper ones in Turkish.February 14, 2015GeniusJack63Fixed, thanks!!! :DFebruary 14, 2015mare_sargassoYou're welcome! :)February 14, 2015DARKMEN.lễ tình nhân vui vẻ: VietnameseFebruary 14, 2015VathnIn dutch we say "Fijne valentijnsdag" instead of "gelukkige valentijnsdag" ^-^February 14, 2015fveldigModPlusNorwegian:
(Blank because it's not really celebrated, so there's not really a good way to translate it. The direct translation from English would be "God/Gledelig valentinsdag")February 14, 2015trottoarPlus54The same for Polish 😉 The name of the Valentine's Day in Polish is "Walentynki" though.February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25Walentynki sounds so cute to me!
Edited because autocorrect changed it at the last minute to Wale tunk: not so cute...!February 14, 2015trottoarPlus54Due to the pronounciation of the word, it can sound either like "Walentynki" or "Walętynki" (where "walę" means "I hit" and "tynki" means "plasters", so this is how some people make fun of this word). I should start doing this Weird Polish Facts daily haha.February 14, 2015flootzavutPlus25hahaha that's great - and yes, you should definitely do a daily Weird Polish Facts - I would read it!February 14, 2015SorrisoMW420"Happy" is not a German word and wouldn't be used here.
I think the shortest correct form would be something like "Froher Valentinstag!"
(There are longer forms like "Alles Gute zum Valentinstag!", "Ich wünsche dir einen frohen/schönen Valentinstag!", ...)February 14, 2015Anrui5The Swedish is slightly wrong; Glad alla hjärtans dag
You need the dots over the a... :)February 14, 2015[deactivated user]"You need the dots over the a... :)"
This is Finnish - those guys surely know what you are talking about: Hyvää ystävänpäivääFebruary 16, 2015SenoritaBlaBlaSevgililər gününüz mübarək 🙂 AzerbaijaniFebruary 14, 2015mare_sargassoSevgililər günün mübarək də demirsinizmi? :)February 14, 2015SenoritaBlaBlaDeyirik 🙂 Sadəcə burda daha ümumi yazdım :)February 14, 2015shirel.tai780hebrew - יום אהבה שמח (yom a'ava same'akh), literal translation - happy love dayFebruary 14, 2015HighRoller212502In french you would rather say 'Joyeux Saint Valentin'. And if you say it your way (which is almost never used) you would say "Bon Saint Valentin'.February 14, 2015[deactivated user]Devezh Sant Valentin laouen! - in Breton :)February 16, 2015linguafiqari2Amharic
መልካም ቫለንታይን ቀን! [məlkam valəntayn Qən]February 28, 2015
Gaga986Срећан Дан заљубљених! SerbianFebruary 14, 2015
Gaga986
Срећан Дан заљубљених! SerbianFebruary 14, 2015
Срећан Дан заљубљених! Serbian
February 14, 2015
February 14, 2015
flootzavutPlus25<3 pretty! <3February 14, 2015
<3 pretty! <3
February 14, 2015
February 14, 2015
Gaga986thanks 🙂 litteraly it will be Happy Day of people in love :)February 14, 2015
thanks 🙂 litteraly it will be Happy Day of people in love 🙂
February 14, 2015
February 14, 2015
flootzavutPlus25that’s not far from the word for people in love in Russian… влюбленный: a word I know only because of the translation of “Shakespeare in Love”, влюбленный шекспир!February 14, 2015
that’s not far from the word for people in love in Russian… влюбленный: a word I know only because of the translation of “Shakespeare in Love”, влюбленный шекспир!
February 14, 2015
February 14, 2015
Gaga986Заљубљени Шекспир would be in Serbian :)February 14, 2015
Заљубљени Шекспир would be in Serbian 🙂
February 14, 2015
February 14, 2015
Azure_WatersMy mom was born on Valentine’s day!! ^_^ also in persian, we would say….rooze eshgh mobarak!! (:February 14, 2015
My mom was born on Valentine’s day!! ^_^ also in persian, we would say….rooze eshgh mobarak!! (:
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