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How to say Merry Christmas and a Happy new year in Sinhala
Konnichiwa mina-san
ආයුබෝවන් සැමට
Hello there folks from all around the globe.
Lets see how to say Merry Christmas and a Happy new year in Sinhala.
Sinhala is the official language spoken by Srilankans.... in Srilanka
That is for for those who doesn't know.
Merry Christmas
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In sinhala instead of using the word merry we use the word prosperous
prosperous - subha - සුභ
Christmas - nath-tha-lak - නත්තලක්
be - vewa - වේවා
So :
Merry Christmas
Subha nath-tha-lak vewa
සුභ නත්තලක් වේවා
Happy new year
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In sinhala instead of using the word Happy we use the word lucky/blissful
blissful - wasanaa-wantha - වාසනාවන්ත
new - nava - නව
year - vasara - වසර
be - weva - වේවා
So:
Happy new year
wasanaa-wantha nava vasara(k) weva
වාසනාවන්ත නව වසරක් වේවා
In here (k) is the topic highlighter
So go on folks .. use it for your Srilankan friend/ partners on these 2 days and give them surprise.
^_^
Dec 23, 2011 9:25 AM
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