Thread: Happy Birthday!

I'm just wondering what the most common way of saying happy birthday, and some common phrases about birthdays in Russian? I saw the threat about birthday traditions...but what do people SAY?

Happy Birthday!
__ years old already??
Best wishes for the next year!!

...stuff like that

Thanks!!!

С днём Рождения!
Поздравляю с днём Рождения!
Всего тебе самого доброго и чудесного!

Happy Birthday!
Congratulate with Birthday!
Everything most good and wonderful to you!

еще С Днем Варенья!

Originally Posted by flowforever

Варенья!

eh?

Originally Posted by fantom605

Originally Posted by flowforever

Варенья!

eh?

Варенье it's jam (есть еще слово джэм)
(отличие, на мой взгляд, в том, что варенье это в банке, а джэм - это в упаковке)

И вместо "С днем рожденья!" говорят "С днем варенья!" - it's childish slang

С днём варенья - is a panrussian famous quote from one of the best Soviet cartoons drawn by Astrid Lindgren's Karlson. Karlson misspoke the phrase and it became famous.
Other extraordinary Soviet cartoon is about Winnie Pooh. Owl congrats Eeyore in incomparable maner and that is very famous Birthday congratulations.

By the way! Guys! You all have to have Russian cartoons- one of the best in the world! I'd recomend it for learning Russian. And don't think that's a childish idea! There are tens of cartoons based on famous books - like Lewis Carroll's Alice. If you have a multizonal DVD player you can watch Russian cartoons on DVD.

Originally Posted by Dimitri

джэм

джем

да

Originally Posted by Dimitri

да

Dimitri, ow, please say that word one more time and out loud!
We hear this word SO RARE from you!!!

I thought you can't be agree ever!

Oh, and no - I do not laugh at you - noway!

Frankly, such a pleasure to see when you agree with someone's meaning!

у-ха-ха.. как смешно.. сострил не по деццки )

:P

по-детски

Originally Posted by Rtyom

по-детски

ты думаешь я не знаю как это пишется?

Originally Posted by Leof

С днём варенья - is a panrussian famous quote from one of the best Soviet cartoons drawn by Astrid Lindgren's Karlson. Karlson misspoke the phrase and it became famous.
Another extraordinary Soviet cartoon is about Winnie the Pooh. Owl congrats Eeyore in an incomparable manner and that is a very famous Birthday congratulations.

By the way! Guys! You all have to have Russian cartoons- some of the best in the world! I'd recomend it for learning Russian. And don't think that's a childish idea! There are tens of cartoons (?) drawn by famous books (drawn by books?)- like Lewis Carroll's Alice. If you have a multizonal DVD player you can watch the Russian DVDs with cartoons (with captions?).

Originally Posted by Leof

Dimitri, ow (ow?, please say that word one more time, and out loud!
We hear this word SO RARELY from you!!!

I thought you couldn't ever agree!

Oh, and no, I am not laughing at you - noway!

Frankly, such a pleasure to see you agree with someone!

P.S. Your signature does mean you want this kind of correction, right? Don't want to annoy anyone...

Yes, right! Thank you alot for patience and corrections!
I thought that to write 'cartoons were drawn by books' would be right decision. I was lead to this thought because everytime I watch the movie enacted by someone's book I read something like:

Daniel Deronda
......by George Eliot's......

I thought it would be fair to write by George Eliot's book !!

So cartoons were drawn by (here's like I understood it) famous books.

If I understood you right, it wasn't the right idea

And DVDs with cartoons - yes it was a mistake too I see now - I have used the word cartoons for moving pictures, drawn movies - I thought they're called cartoons. Well, tell me please the right word.

Thanks again!

Could it be 'drawn after' the book? I don't know for sure, I just ask.

I'm 10 years old already

Мне 10 лет.
Мне уже 10 лет

Best wishes for the next year!!

Всего наилучшего в наступающем году!!!

Originally Posted by Leof

If you have multizonal DVD player you can watch the Russian DVD's with cartoons.

I think you meant to say "If you have a multizonal DVD player you can watch Russian cartoons on DVD".

You are using 'cartoons' correctly. It is just a children's television program. "Animated" is the word for a moving picture that is drawn rather than filmed. Now days they are usually "computer animated" meaning drawn with computers rather than pencils as they used to be.

Originally Posted by Leof

Yes, right! Thank you alot for your patience and corrections!
I thought that to write 'cartoons were drawn by books' would be the right decision. I was led to this thought because everytime I watch a movie enacted by someone's book I read something like:

Daniel Deronda
......by George Eliot's......

I thought it would be fair to write by George Eliot's book !!

So cartoons were drawn by (here's like I understood it) famous books.

If I understood you right, it wasn't the right idea

By "a movie enacted by someone's book," I take it you mean "a movie based on someone's book"? Anyways, it might say "Daniel Deronda by George Eliot" or "George Eliot's Daniel Deronda," but it won't say "Daniel Deronda by George Eliot's."

Cartoons are drawn by people, not books. I think what you're looking for is based on.

Originally Posted by Leof

And DVDs with cartoons - yes it was a mistake too I see now - I have used the word cartoons for moving pictures, drawn movies - I thought they're called cartoons. Well, tell me please the right word.

Thanks again!

I think Layne picked up on what you were saying about cartoons.

Thank you!