One great way to show off your French language skills to friends and family is to serenade them – en français – on their birthdays. There are a couple ways to do this. If you’re a beginner, you can use the English Happy Birthday melody and replace “happy birthday” with “joyeux anniversaire” like this:
Joyeux anniversaire
Joyeux anniversaire
Joyeux anniversaire (name of the birthday boy or girl)
Joyeux anniversaire
I, however, prefer singing another version which is more old-fashioned and, I think, more charming. You can watch me sing it above and follow along with these lyrics:
Bon anniversaire, mes vœux les plus sincères
Que ces quelques fleurs vous apportent le bonheur
Que l’année entière vous soit douce et légère
Et que l’an fini, nous soyons tous réunis
Pour chanter en chœur :”Bon Anniversaire !”
If your French comprehension isn’t good enough yet to understand the lyrics, here’s a rough English translation:
Happy birthday, my best wishes
May these flowers bring you happiness
and the whole year be sweet and light
And that when the year is finished, we may reunite
To sing in chorus: “Happy Birthday!”
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Very nice singing of the french Happy Birthday! Good pronunciation. I am going learn it for meeting my french friends. Thank you!