How to greet Happy Lunar New Year in Filipino: blog admin’s translation, with apologies —
Manigong Tsinoy na Bagong Taon!(Happy Chinese New Year!)
o kaya naman ay (or )
Manigong panahon ng pagpunla! (Happy Spring Festival!)
o kaya ay (another way is )
Manigong tagsibol! (happy spring festival)
na pwede ring isalin sa (which may also be translated as)
Manigong bagong panahon! o pwede rin siguro ang mas maikling bersyon (or an abridged version)
Manigong pagpunla! o kaya ay gamitin ang batayan ng pagsukat ng taon, kaya… (or use the measure of a year, like so…)
Manigong bagong taon batay sa ikot ng buwan! (Happy lunar new year!) o kaya’y hwag nang isalin at gamitin ang orihinal (or maybe you don’t have to translate and use the original) Gung hay fat choy (kung hei fat choy) (may good fortune meet you) (nawa’y pagpalain ka)
If these greetings don’t get done today, they’ll never get done. It’s the final, ultimate, non-extendible deadline for holiday greetings.
New Year’s greeting, Xmas message (late !! minus 5), Chinese New Year’s Kung Hei Fat Choy (and a health post to boot)
Here it is…
think of where you are now
compared to years ago
and imagine time-travel is possible today
and your old self (the one who hasn’t finished school and wasn’t sure he/she could stay alive) could teleport over here —
And see you.
he/ she would say:
A) Wow.
or ….
B) You/ We finished it!
or…
Did you/ we really do that? or…
C) Look at you – you’re…. 1) crawling
2) up and about!
3) Fat (how to compute your body mass index, future post)
4) shaped like a question mark, an inverted number, the symbol for water
5) twisted
i’m messing with you.
Take your pick. I’m sure you know what your old self would tell you..your big picture would be better. ito na lang ang isipin mo (just put this in your head) everytime you’re completely spent, tired, totally wasted and useless — you’re probably over-emoting.
[This message doesn’t apply to…. those accused, with prima facie evidence, of crimes involving moral turpitude (stealing, etc.) your old self might….. not like it, so…. just prepare a big smile… ]
TO EVERYONE: Happy Chinese New Year!!!
My very late Christmas message below, multimedia. (In some countries, the Christmas season is up to Jan. 19)
