Learning Thai the Easy Way > Speak Thai > Wishing you a Happy Birthday


Many people have asked me how to say "happy birthday" in Thai. Really, we use the English words quite often. We even sing the same song though we just keep repeating "happy birthday" and don't say the person's name. My English teacher says that we really say "hap-bee bird-day"!



Happy Birthday. (sook sun wan gerd)



I wish you a happy birthday. (khor hai mee kwarm sook nai wan gerd)

Notice we don't use the word for "I". Happiness in Thai is "kwarm sook".