Re: CHAT: Happy Birthday (was Re: Re: Uglossia and Utopia)
From: | Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...> |
Date: | Saturday, September 25, 1999, 18:49 |
>Gustavo Eulalio wrote:
>
>Well, happy birthday (or unbirthday, as it may be) to all!
>Question: how do people here wish others a happy birthday
>in their conlangs?
The Tokana don't celebrate birthdays, but if they did, they'd
probably say something like "onie kesta emoitanko ume",
which means "may your acquisition of a year be happy"
(trust me, the Tokana original is much less clunky than the
translation!).
Matt.