Russian Holiday Greetings

	C рождеством! [srah-zhdee-STVOHM]	Merry Christmas! (lit: With Christmas)
	Весёлого рождества! [vee-SYOH-lah-vah rah-zhdee-STVAH]	Merry Christmas!
	С Новым годом! [SNO-vim GO-dahm]	Happy New Year! (lit: With New Year)
	Счастливого Нового года! [shchis-LEE-vah-vah NO-vah-vah GO-dah]	Happy New Year!
	От всей души поздравляю с … [aht fsehy doo-SHI pahz-drahv-LYAH-yoo s]	My sincere greetings with …
	…Новым Годом! [SNO-vim GO-dahm]	…New Year!
	…Рождеством! [rah-zhdee-STVOHM]	…Christmas!
	Желаю тебе/вам … [zheh-LA-yoo teh-BEH/vahm ...]	I wish you …
	… счастья. [SHCHAST'-yah]	… happiness.
	… удачи. [oo-DA-chee]	… good luck.
	… здоровья. [zda-ROHV'-yah]	… good health.
	Пусть сбудутся все твои/ваши мечты! [poost' ZBOO-doo-tsa fseh tva-EE/VA-shi mehch-TI]	May all your dreams come true!
	Желаю всего хорошего. [zheh-LA-yoo fseh-VO ha-RO-sheh-va]	I wish you all the best.
	Счастья и здоровья! [SHCHAST'-yah ee zda-ROHV'-yah]	(I wish you) Happiness and health!

Note 1: The peculiarities of the Russian personal pronouns caused the necessity of mentioning two variants of some words within a sentence: as a rule the word before a slash is related to informal style, after a slash – to more polite, formal style.

Note 2: For convenience of pronunciation the words are divided into syllables, the capitalized syllables are stressed, the apostrophe (‘) indicates softness of the consonant.

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