Just like in other countries, Korea also as a special ‘Happy Birthday Song’ that they sing on someone’s birthday.
Japanese happy birthday song po po po plus#
This expression uses the formal way to say birthday ( 생신) plus the noun for congratulations ( 축하) plus the formal verb for ‘give’ ( 드리다) plus the formal ending ~(스)ㅂ니다.Īs you can see this way to say happy birthday in Korean is very formal, so you can use it when you wish to show lots of respect when wishing someone much older than you a happy birthday. If you want to say happy birthday to someone much older than you, such as your grandparents, you can say 생신 축하드립니다.
Saying Happy Birthday To People Much Older Than You As this is the extra formal way to say happy birthday, you would only use it with people you are really not close with and who you would like to wish happy birthday in a polite and respectful way. You can even make this more formal expression and make it extra formal by changing the polite ending 요 to the formal ending ~( 스)ㅂ니다 to make 생일 축하 드립니다. Together, it becomes 생일 축하 드려요 which literally translates as ‘Birthday congratulations give’ or ‘I give you birthday congratulations.’. This is made up of 생일 (birthday) + 축하 ( noun – congratulations) + the verb 드리다 (formal way to say ‘give’) + the polite ending 요. When saying happy birthday in Korean, as well as changing the ending of the sentence to make it sound more polite and formal, you can also change the verb to make it sound even more formal.Ī more formal way to say happy birthday in Korean is 생일 축하 드려요. Extra Formal Way To Say Happy Birthday In Korean