Birthday kaarawan ?? cumpleaños ?? ?????
It’s that time again, one year older. If I received good wishes in the many different native language of people I know this would be the list I would hear:
English – Birthday
Tagalog – kaarawan
Korean – ??
Spanish – cumpleaños
Chinese – ??
Japanese ????
Cebuano / Bisaya – Adlaw’ng Natawhan
Hindi – ???????
Russian – ???? ????????
Ukranian – ???? ??????????
Persian – ??? ????
Hebrew – ??? ?????
Arabic – ???????
French – jour de naissance
German – Geburtstag
Greek – ????????
Italian – compleanno
Polish – urodziny
Serbian – ????????
Thai – ???????
Croatian – ro?endan
Swedish – födelsedag
Irish – lá breithe
Tengo un año más
Hoy es mi cumpleaños
Last year I spent my birthday in Panama with several people who became very special friends during my visit. They gave me a wonderful party. In English we say “I am this many years old” but in Spanish they say, “I have this many years”. Instead of the years slipping away, you are collecting them. I found that different perspective to be refreshing. I have so much. Gracias a Dios.