How does it feel to be old? (you wouldn’t say that to someone actually old though…) Happy birthday! So turning fifty soon? (for someone in their forties) Bon anniversaire! Alors la cinquantaine c’est pour bientôt ?.Well done for your quarter/half of a century! (When someone turns 25/50) Tu crois que t’auras assez de souffle pour souffler toutes tes bougies ?ĭo you think you’ll have enough air to blow all your candles?.Happy birthday! You’re so old that we’ll have to call the fire brigade to extinguish all your candles! (Why the “t'” instead of “tu”? It’s modern spoken French) Joyeux anniversaire ! T’es tellement vieux/vieille qu’il faudra appeler les pompiers pour éteindre toutes tes bougies !.It’s quite common in France to be sarcastic about your birthday wish and diss the person on their “old” age. I wish you all the love, kisses, cuddles that you deserve! See you tonight to get all this from me!ĥ French Sarcastic Ways of Wishing Happy Birthday Je te souhaite tout l’amour, les baisers et les câlins que tu mérites! A ce soir pour recevoir tout cela de ma part !.Today marks the birth of the most beautiful, sweetest, kindest person I know! Yeah it’s your birthday! I love you. Aujourd’hui marque la naissance de la personne la plus belle, la plus douce, la plus gentille que je connaisse ! Et oui c’est ton anniversaire ! Je t’aime.More Details & Audio Samples French Birthday Wishes for Someone You Love □□□□□ Les anniversaires sont très bons pour la santé ! Les personnes qui ont le plus d’anniversaires vivent plus longtemps que les autres !īirthdays are excellent for your health! People with the most birthdays live longer than others!.Lots of love, happiness and many beautiful moments with your family and friends. Beaucoup d’amour, du bonheur et plein de beaux moments partagés avec ta famille et tes amis.What a great day to celebrate your birthday! Quelle belle journée pour fêter ton anniversaire !.May this birthday (day) be particularly happy! Que cette journée d’anniversaire soit particulièrement heureuse !.I wish you for the upcoming year (plenty of) love and happiness! Je te souhaite pour l’année à venir du bonheur et de l’amour !.May this new year bring you lots of happiness! Que cette nouvelle année t’apporte plein de bonheur !. Note that when applicable, I used a modern spoken French pronunciation. Please press play on the audio player to play my audio recordings. Your birthday wish could be traditional, tender, fun… French Birthday Wishes for a Friend □□♀️□□♂️ Of course, there are a lot of possibilities when it comes to wishing “happy birthday” in French… There is no limit to how creative you could be. How do You Say Birthday Boy or Birthday Girl in FrenchĪctually, translating birthday boy or birthday girl in French is not as easy as it seems! We don’t have an easy way to say it… We usually would go for “ le héro du jour (m) / l’héroïne du jour (f)“: the hero of the day! Or we would say “ c’est ta journée / c’est ton jour !“ 12 Happy Birthday Wishes in French So how come we don’t say “joyeux anniversaire de naissance”? I don’t know why, but we just don’t! If you use the word “anniversaire” alone, it refers to birthday by default. To wish someone a happy wedding anniversary for example, we would say: “ joyeux anniversaire de mariage“. The word anniversary translates as “anniversaire” in French. More Details & Audio Samples What Is Anniversary in French?
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