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Wally
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Once again the Holidays (Christmas/Kwamzaa/Hanukkah) are upon us and so, I would like to offer some expressions that you can use to customize your cards or season's greetings using the Mdu Ntr (M'dah.oo Nt'chair) language:

Season's Greetings - Shu Udjai (Shoo Uj'eye)

Peace on Earth - Hotep hr Ta (Hoh'tayp hr Tah)
Eat, Drink, and be Merry - Ounem, Su, Ounof (Wen'm, Soo, Wen'ohf)
Joyful, Joyful - Ounof, Ounof (Wen'ohf, Wen'ohf)

Salutations
"My love, always, (your name)" - Meriti enekh, (Mair'eetee n'aaykh)

"Your wife," - Hime.ek (Hee'mayk)
- husband, - Khai.et (Kheye't)
- son, - Sa.et (Sa'ate)
- daughter - Sat.t ek (Sayh'aak)
- brother - Son.et (Son'ate)
- sister - Son.t ek (Sayn'aak)
- mother - Maau.ek (May'wayk)
- father - Itafe.et (Ee'tah'fayk)
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Honi B
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Thank you Wally! (I make my own cards) How would you say or write "Happy New Year" ?

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Wally
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Ooops, small typo:
- father - Itafe.et (Ee'tah'fayk)
should have read;
- father - Itafe.et (Ee'tah'fayt)

...sorry
[Wink]

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Wally
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Originally posted by Honi B:
Thank you Wally! (I make my own cards) How would you say or write "Happy New Year" ?

This is easy, we know that "Ounof" = joyful and by using synonyms, we also get: rejoice, joy, gladness, happy, merry...

rompe = year

moui = new (adjective)

Now, in the Mdu Ntr, the ordinary adjective always follows the noun it modifies; rompe (the noun) moui (the adjective) - thus we have, and we say to you and to everyone:

Ounof Rompe Moui! (Wen'ohf Rohm'pay M'wee)
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P.S. Of course if you would want to write "Happy New Year" 'technically' and therefore more obscure you would write;
Wnf Rmp.t Mwj [Confused]

Ounof Rompe Moui! (Wen'ohf Rohm'pay M'wee)

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I forgot to ask about another word (you may have already posted it somewhere,but I'm too short on time to "search" for it) the word is Blessings. Thanks again Wally and
Shu Udjai to you and yours!
[Smile]

Honi B

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Djehuti
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LOL Very intersting, Wally! [Big Grin]

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Originally posted by Honi B:
I forgot to ask about another word (you may have already posted it somewhere,but I'm too short on time to "search" for it) the word is Blessings. Thanks again Wally and
Shu Udjai to you and yours!

Honi B

The expression "blessing(s)" is derived from the Ancient Egyptian ontological notions of the Ba + Ra + Ka and is thus:

Baraka = blessing, to bless

This word has (as have so many others) been adopted into the Arabic language with the same meaning; some other words derived from the Mdu Ntr are:

Moses = he is born of...

Mary = my beloved

Onofrio (Italian) = from "Osiri Won Noufr" or "Osiris the original Good/perfection" ; an example is actor Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio (Pyle in Full Metal Jacket and Det. Robert Goren in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.)
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Barakai, Honi B - "my blessings, Honi B..." [Wink]

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