January 1st is coming soon and more people are already preparing to get together and spend time with their family.
In this article, let’s learn how to say ‘Happy new year in Thai’.
Wishing a Happy new year in Thai
You can say either of the following 2 ways:
- Happy new year!
เธชเธงเธฑเธชเธเธตเธเธตเนเธซเธกเน
sร -wร t-dee bpee mร i - Happy new year!
เธชเธธเธเธชเธฑเธเธเนเธงเธฑเธเธเธตเนเธซเธกเน
sรนk-sฤn wan bpee mร i
Another way to wish someone a happy new year in Thai is:
- I wish you a happy new year!
เธเธญเนเธซเนเธกเธตเธเธงเธฒเธกเธชเธธเธเธงเธฑเธเธเธตเนเธซเธกเน
kลr hรขi mee kwaam sรนk wan bpee mร i
Let’s breakdown some of the vocabulary:
- เธเธต (bpee): Year
- เนเธซเธกเน (mร i): new
- เธงเธฑเธ (wan): day
- เธชเธธเธเธชเธฑเธเธเน / เธเธงเธฒเธกเธชเธธเธ (sรนk-kร -sฤn / kwaam sรนk): happiness
- เธเธญเนเธซเน (kลr hรขi): May you..
Did you that Thais celebrate 2 more types of New year?
Thais also celebrate Songkran day (เธงเธฑเธเธชเธเธเธฃเธฒเธเธเน wan sลng-graan) and Chinese new year (เธเธฃเธธเธเธเธตเธ dtrรนt jeen).
Songkran day is celebrated April 13th-15th every year and is the true traditional Thai new year.
Chinese new year takes place between 21 January and 20 February every year.
To wish someone a happy Songkran day, you can use the same pattern:
Either of these work:
- Happy Songkran!
เธชเธงเธฑเธชเธเธตเธงเธฑเธเธชเธเธเธฃเธฒเธเธเน
sร -wร t-dee bpee mร i
๏ปฟ - Happy Songkran!
เธชเธธเธเธชเธฑเธเธเนเธงเธฑเธเธชเธเธเธฃเธฒเธเธเน
sรนk wan sลng-graan
To wish someone a Happy Chinese new year, you can use the same pattern:
Either of these work:
- Happy Chinese new year!
เธชเธงเธฑเธชเธเธตเธงเธฑเธเธเธฃเธธเธเธเธตเธ
sร -wร t-dee wan dtrรนt jeen - Happy Chinese new year
เธชเธธเธเธชเธฑเธเธงเธฑเธเธเธฃเธธเธเธเธตเธ
sรนk sฤn wan dtrรนt jeen
Example sentences related to New year in Thai
In these example sentences, feel free to replace (เธเธตเนเธซเธกเน bpee mร i) with any of the other new years Thai people celebrate.
- Where are you going to count down?
เธเธฐเนเธเนเธฒเธเนเธเธฒเธงเธเธตเนเนเธซเธ
jร kรกo daao tรชe nฤi - Are you going to go to the party?
เธเธฐเนเธเธเธฒเธฃเนเธเธตเนเนเธซเธก
jร bpai bpaa-dtรชe mฤi - Where are you going to celebrate new year?
เธเธฐเธเธฅเธญเธ(เธเธตเนเธซเธกเน)เธเธตเนเนเธซเธ
jร chร -lลng (bpee mร i) tรชe nฤi - How many days off are you taking for New year?
เธซเธขเธธเธ(เธเธตเนเธซเธกเน)เธเธตเนเธงเธฑเธ
yรนt (bpee mร i) gรจe wan
If you want to learn about how to talk about your new year’s resolutions in Thai, check out my article.
I hope that you now can wish someone a happy new year in the Thai language.
Please have fun and take care during the new year.
I also have a video about this topic here:
