"Αυτή η γιορτή ήταν τοπική."

Translation: This holiday was local.

[jeanprendiville]

Would someone please indulge me by writing out Happy Birthday in Greek or pointing me to a website where I can find it. I have tried but so far have been unsuccessful. Thanks if you have the patience to answer this odd request. Maybe I should add I don't mean the translation in Greek of the English Happy Birthday but the one I have heard Greeks sing.

[troll1995]

I think you mean this(?):
Να ζήσεις (name) και χρόνια πολλά,
μεγάλος/μεγάλη να γίνεις με άσπρα μαλλιά,
παντού να σκορπίζεις της γνώσης το φως
και όλοι να λένε να ένας σοφός/μία σοφός.
Note that μία σοφός for females is poetic license and not an alternative for σοφή that can be used everyday.

[jeanprendiville]

That's it, great, thanks, I got the άσπρα μαλλιά and the σοφός but the rest eluded me. I am delighted to get the rest. Many thanks. :-))

[mizinamo]

της νιότης is also sometimes heard instead of της γνώσης.

If articles such as http://www.tokoulouri.com/society/tis_gniosis/ are to be believed, wars have broken out over the question of which is correct, and http://www.slang.gr/lemma/22935-niosi-gnioti says that Franken-forms mixed from both words are also heard on occasion.

Perhaps point 3 of the latter page is a good way out :)

εγω παντα μπερδευομαι στο''παντου να σκορπιζεις της γνωσης η της νιοτης το φως'' κ λεω ενα της ''ωοοοηης'' και τελειωνει η υποθεση.

[HongNhiNhi]

''Χρόνια πολλά'' it can be used in other situations as well. Name day for example.

[jaye16]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWPe9wJbExI Enjoy. :-))

[jeanprendiville]

Icing on the cake, I loved it. Just waiting now for my next birthday invitation! :-))

[jaye16]

:-))

[MGB8ub]

This was a local holiday should be ok

[D_..]

No, because the exercise reads αυτή η γιορτή = this holiday and ήταν τοπική = was local. It does not read τοπική γιορτή = local holiday. It's important to translate the correct word groupings. ;)