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How to say happy birthday in French?

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Barry Mclean

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Barry Mclean
Barry Mclean, Sales Manager, MBA, Ewa

Answered Sep 30, 2020

“Bon Anniversaire” or “Joyeux Anniversaire” is a happy birthday in French. The literal meaning for “Bon Anniversaire” is a happy birthday and the literal meaning is for ‘Joyeux Anniversaire” is a happy anniversary, which can be a birthday or wedding.

However, a happy birthday in Canadian French (Quebecois) is “Bonne fete.”

Every day is someone’s birthday, a time to be grateful for another year on earth. Birthdays are also a special moment to express how grateful you are to have someone in your life. You can decide to celebrate your special someone by wishing them a happy birthday in French; the person will feel special as you went all the way to learn French just to wish them a happy birthday, especially if you cannot speak French at all.

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M. Porter

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M. Porter, Senior Executive, Master of Art, San Jose

Answered Aug 18, 2020

Let us say that you would like to greet someone a “happy birthday,” but you want it to be special. You can greet the person in French.

*You simply need to say, “Bon Anniversaire.” Another way that you can greet someone a happy birthday in French is by saying, “Joyeux Anniversaire.”

*One tricky thing about saying French words is that you may not exactly know how to pronounce them in the beginning.

*You are recommended to listen to how other people say it, and you can try your best to imitate it.
Of course, the more that you practice saying the different words, the better that it will be for you.

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E. Austin

E. Austin

E. Austin
E. Austin

Answered Aug 17, 2020

• Your birthday is a very joyful day, a day you can never forget. It is common in English to greet people "happy birthday" the day they are celebrating their birthday. Either British English, American English or any other, you say happy birthday.

• But when it comes to French, the most common or the most standard way of greeting happy birthday in French is "Bon Anniversaire," which simply means happy birthday.

• But sometimes, some other French people do say "Joyeux Anniversaire", which majorly means happy celebration or happy anniversary.

• However, some French-speaking parts of Canada also use "bonne fête" to mean happy birthday. So, whenever you want to say happy birthday to your friend or someone else on French, assuming his name is John, just say "Bon Anniversaire John."

Another ways you can go, considering the examples I've made earlier, are "Joyeux Anniversaire John" or "bonne fête John." And he could reply "merci," which simply means "thank you."

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T. Wikati

T. Wikati

T. Wikati
T. Wikati, Technical Writer, New York

Answered Aug 12, 2020

Though there are thousands of languages around the world, there are common phrases that may of them share. One of those phrases happens to be Happy Birthday, which is celebrating the date of one's birth. In French, there are many ways to say the phrase Happy Birthday.

One way is to use the words "Joyeux Anniversaire!" Joyeux means happy and joyful, while Anniversaire means an anniversary or birthday.

Another way to say Happy Birthday in French is to use the phrase " "Bon Anniversaire!" This phrase translates to have a good birthday, which for more will give the same meaning as Happy Birthday.

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