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How do you say "Happy birthday" in your native language?
たいていの人はほんとうになにがほしいのか、心の中でわかっています。人生の目標を教えてくれるのは直感だけ。ただ、それに耳を傾けない人が多すぎるのです。
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Fijne verjaardag!
And how do you say it in Japanese?
Look, how about this? Let's pretend we've had the row and I've won. See? It saves a lot of effort.
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Over here it's "Gelukkige verjaardag"
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"Joyeux anniversaire !" or "Bon anniversaire !"
"Joyeux anniversaire" [ʒwa-jø-za-ni-vɛʁ-sɛʁ] is six syllables so we can sing it on the same tune as "Happy birthday to you".
"Bon anniversaire" is what you more likely say to someone you meet in his birthday's morning.
And of course in French there is a single word for "birthday" and "anniversary".
What about Japanese, Fruity ?
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Not really 'my' language ... but here it is in Danish: "Tillykke med fødselsdagen"
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In Brazil we say "Feliz aniversário!" and like in France, we have only one word to birthday and aniversary 
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In Dutch the most common phrase is 'gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag' (often followed by 'ik wens je nog veel jaren') or simply 'proficiat' (more formal). And then all the guests sit 'gezellig' in a circle and eat 'lekker gebakjes' after they have given all the other guests a hand shake and congratulated them too.
At some stage everyone is expected to sing 'Lang zal hij/zij leven'.
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In Czech it is: Všechno nejlepší k narozeninám
Actually it means "All the best to your birthday"
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İyi ki doğdun -It's fortunate that you've been born. (A very sloppy direct translation.)  Mutlu yıllar sana -Happy years to you. Also; Doğum günün kutlu olsun -May your birthday be blessed. 
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In Spanish it's ¡Feliz Cumpleaño!....which I will celebrate this week. I'll be 69 and I'm proud of it! ¡Gracias a Dios!In the Hispanic countries there is a difference in birthday and anniversary greetings. hedy
"God graced us with today....don't waste it." hedy
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til hamingju með afmælið
"To happiness with the birthday"
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Thanks a lot, all.
It's 誕生日おめでとう in Japanese.
たいていの人はほんとうになにがほしいのか、心の中でわかっています。人生の目標を教えてくれるのは直感だけ。ただ、それに耳を傾けない人が多すぎるのです。
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In Serbia we say "Srećan rođendan!". The same is also in Montenegro, Bosnia and Craoatia
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¡FELÍZ CUMPLEAÑOS!
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¡FELÍZ CUMPLEAÑOS!
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In Finnish: Hyvää Syntymäpäivää!
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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¡¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS!!
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Feliz cumpleaños... que el triunfo, las riquezas y prosperidad os acompañanen. 
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In Romanian they say "La mulți ani!"
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Joyous Orbital Anniversary! (Geek Speak)
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The bulldog, Sultan, is smoking pot.
Boldog születésnapot! - Happy birthday (Hungarian)
Wyrd bið ful aræd - bull!
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سالگرہ مبارک (Saal Girah Mubarik)in Urdu.
Just because the writer of an article is British doesn't mean that they use English correctly-DragOnspeaker.
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o cumpleaños feliz, indistintamente :-"
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In Swedish (though it's not my native language, but the other official language in Finland): Grattis på födelsedagen
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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Isn't it interesting that revival of any of the old and buried threads is done by a newcomer? And that new member is active for hardly one or two posts. 
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Alfonso Ruiz 1 wrote:o cumpleaños feliz, indistintamente  Hola Alfonso!
Wyrd bið ful aræd - bull!
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