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Today I’m going to teach you how to say “Happy Birthday” in Thai. Well the only reason I want to teach you this is that it’s my birthday this month. That’s all and I know you want to know how to say this to your Thai pals too.

Actually in Thailand today we use English phrase “Happy Birthday” a lot but mostly in the city. Thai phrase for Happy Birthday is “Sook San Wan Kerd”. The meaning is the same as the English one actually. “Sook San” is quite a really formal Thai word for “happy” and “Wan” is “day” and “Kerd” is “to be born” or “Wan Kerd” is “Birthday”. Don’t be confused yet!

Each country has different tradition of celebrating birthday. Something cannot be done or given as a b-day present in some country. What Thai people do on their birthday? The tradition says that we will get up in the early morning to offer one or several Buddhist monks food that we have well prepared to have luck and to prosper. The birthday person will receive gifts from others. The gifts can be anything actually. However, it seems like birthday card are not that popular in Thailand among the people. Today we close friends just only send SMS or email to wish the person a happy birthday that’s all, even easier and cheaper I think.

Don’t forget your Thai friend’s birthday and surprise him or her by wishing him or her a happy birthday in Thai.