Inspired by a slide show from The Huffington Post, here’s how to say “Happy New Year” in several different languages.

1. Happy New Year
in Dif fer ent
Langua ges
EAST WOODS SCHOOL LIBRARY

2. Portuguese: Feliz Ano Novo
Statue on top of Corcovado Mountain in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(MICHAEL REGAN/Getty Images)

3. French: Bonne Année
The Champs Elysees
and the Eiffel Tower
(PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images)

4. Italian: Buon Anno
Grand Canal at Night
Venice, Italy

5. German: Ein Gutes
Neues Jahr
City Hall and the Christmas market in Munich
(MATTHIAS SCHRAEDER/AP Photo)

6. Russian: S Novim Godom
St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow

7. Mandarin Chinese:
Xin Nian Kuai Le
Great Wall of China

8. Japanese:
Akemashite Omedetô
Kinkaku-ji Temple
in Kyoto, Japan

9. Hindi: Nav Varsh
Ki Subhkamna
The Presidential Palace
New Delhi, India
(MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)

10. Arabic: Sana Saeeda
Hebrew: Shana Tova
Dome of the Rock and Western Wall
in Jerusalem, Israel

11. Spanish:
Feliz Año Nuevo
MayanTemple
at Chichen Itza, Mexico

12. Happy New Year!
New Year’s Eve in Times Square
New York City