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Holiday Greetings

Below are some basic Russian phrases (written in Cyrillic, transliteration, practical transcription) with their English equivalents. You could use them in your letter to a girl, or when speaking with her over the phone, she will be gladly and pleasantly surprised.

English
Russian
Transliteration
Pronunciation
Merry Christmas! Счастливого рождества!
C рождеством!
Весёлого рождества!
Schastlivogo rozhdestva!
S rozhdestvom!
Vesyologo rozhdestva!
shchis-LEE-vah-vah razhdee-STVAH!
srah-zhdee-STVOHM!
vee-S'O-lah-vah rah-zhdee-STVAH!
Happy New Year! С Новым годом!
Счастливого Нового года!
S Novym godom!
Schastlivogo Novogo goda!
SNO-vim GO-dahm!
shchis-LEE-vah-vah NO-vah-vah GO-dah!
My sincere greetings with ... От всей души поздравляю с ... Ot vsej dushi pozdravlyayu s ... Aht fsehy doo-SHI pahz-drahv-L'A-yoo s :
...New Year! ...Новым Годом! ...Novym Godom! ...SNO-vim GO-dahm!
...Christmas! ...Рождеством! ...Rozhdestvom! ...rah-zhdee-STVOHM!
I wish you ... Желаю тебе/вам ... Zhelayu tebe/vam ... zheh-LA-yoo teh-BEH/vahm ...
... happiness. ... счастья. ... schast'ya. ... SHCHAST'-yah
... good luck. ... удачи. ... udachi. ... oo-DA-chee!
... good health. ... здоровья. ... zdorov'ya ... zda-ROHV'-yah!
May all your dreams come true. Пусть сбудутся все твои/ваши мечты! Pust' sbudutsya vse tvoi/vashi mechty! poost' ZBOO-doo-tsa fseh tva-EE/VA-shi mehch-TI!
I wish you all the best. Желаю всего хорошего. Zhelayu vsego horoshego. zheh-LA-yoo fseh-VO ha-RO-sheh-va!
(I wish you) Happiness and health! Счастья и здоровья! Schast'ya i zdorov'ya! SHCHAST'-yah ee zda-ROHV'-yah!

Note 1: The peculiarities of the Russian personal pronouns caused the necessity of mentioning two variants of some words within a sentence: as a rule the word before a slash is related to informal style, after a slash - to more polite, formal style.

Note 2: for convenience of pronunciation the words are divided into syllables, the capitalized syllables are stressed, the apostrophe (') indicates softness of the consonant.