Happy Birthday for yesterday

[fille anglaise]

I'm writing to my Japanese penpal and want to say "Happy Birthday for yesterday! Sorry this is late!"

I know happy birthday is "O tanjōbi omedeto gozaimasu!" but I don't know how to say "for yesterday". Also, please could you tell me if "Sumimasen okoneteiru desu" is right for "Sorry this is late"?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[erick]

Hi Anglaise,
I think you can say "Osokunatte sumimasen" or "okureteshimatte gomennasai" for "sorry this is late." S/he won't mind, it's only a day! I'm sometimes a month late in my greetings ... so I say "Taihen osokunatteshimatte gomen ne!"

 

[Cereth]

Like erick said.."osokunatte sumimasen" it´s appropriate for this situation,

it´s not a big deal, you know to send the greeting one day after the special ocasion...japanese men take 1 or 2 months for deciding to reply...

 

[fille anglaise]

Arigato Gozaimasu!

 

[Flaminius]

"Happy Birthday for yesterday!" can be "昨日はたんじょうびおめでとう" (kinō-wa tanjōbi omedetō).

Kinō-wa is Yesterday-TOPIC, that is, "Speaking of yesterday."

Flam,
just wondering how you got the pritty macron.

 

[fille anglaise]

Arigato! I'd already sent the message, but it's interesting to know how to say it, and I'm sure this won't be the last time I send her late greetings!

I got the macron by choosing Symbol from the Insert menu in Microsoft Word, and choosing the one I wanted, and then I copied and pasted that from there into the message. I'm not sure if there's a keyboard shortcut for macrons or not.

 

[kamome]

昨日は、お誕生日おめでとうございます。
kinou ha, otanjyoubi omedetou gozaimasu.

遅くなってどうぞすみません。
osokunatte douzo sumimasen.

かもめ