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Happy Birthday in French: Joyeux vs Bon Anniversaire — 5 French phrases in 20 seconds

Happy Birthday in French: Joyeux vs Bon Anniversaire · 5 phrases

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A 20-second drill from our article Happy Birthday in French: Joyeux vs Bon Anniversaire: 5 real phrases, three seconds to guess, then the meaning. The article adds the culture, the pitfalls and plenty more phrases.

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Je vous souhaite un très joyeux anniversaireI wish you a very happy birthday
Plein de bonheur pour ton anniversaire !lots of happiness for your birthday
Une année de plus, une année de mieux !one more year, one better year!
Avec un peu de retard, bon anniversaire !with a little delay, happy birthday!
Gros bisous et à très vitebig kisses and see you soon
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