New Year wishes in Greek Posted by Ourania on Dec 27, 2017 in Vocabulary
Χρόνια πολλά! In this post there are common expressions that we use when we send a “Happy New Year” message. If you like to write your Greek family and friends or teacher a few words in Greek, you can get some ideas!
Καλή Χρονιά!: Happy New Year!
ευτυχισμένο το 2018: happy 2018
εύχομαι: to wish
σου εύχομαι: I wish you (informal)
σας εύχομαι: I wish you (formal)
σε εσένα και την οικογένειά σου: to you and your family (informal)
σε εσάς και την οικογένειά σας: to you and your family (formal)
σου στέλνω τις καλύτερες ευχές μου για τη νέα χρονιά: I am sending you my best wishes for the new year.
μία χρονιά γεμάτη υγεία, χαρά και αγάπη: a year full of healthy, joy and love
πολλές ευχές για το νέο έτος: many wishes for the new year (έτος is rather formal)
η νέα χρονιά να σου / σας φέρει ευτυχία: (may) the new year bring you happiness
να είσαι πάντα καλά: be always well (informal)
να είτε πάντα καλά: be always well (formal)
You can add the following words. They are all feminine:
ελπίδα: hope
αισιοδοξία: optimism
ειρήνη: peace
καλοσύνη: kindness
δημιουργικότητα: creativity
In oral language, when someone wishes us “Καλή χρονιά” (Happy new year) we answer by “Επίσης” (same to you).
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Comments:
Linda:
Thank you for all the useful information. I started studying Greek last year and every post brings a piece of live language hard to find in manuals.
Χρόνια πολλά!
Ourania:
@Linda Καλή Χρονιά, Λίντα!
Elisa:
Thank you! This was very helpful to me! It saved me a lot of time . . . Wishing you health & happiness & much success in 2018!
Ourania:
@Elisa Thank you very much, Elisa! My best wishes too! Καλή Χρονιά 🙂
Albert:
Very useful. Thank you from Scotland.
Ourania:
@Albert Ευχαριστώ! Γεια σου Σκωτία 🙂