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Write French bonne annee messages with correct tu and vous forms, before or after 1 January, with English translations.
French New Year Wishes builds a ready-to-send French greeting from three things: who you are writing to, the tone you want, and whether you are writing before or after 1 January. Every message is stored twice — once in the tu form and once in the vous form — so verbs, possessives and the cher/chère agreement are correct rather than word-swapped. Each result arrives with a matching salutation, a sign-off and an English translation you can check before you send it.
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Both forms are written out in full, so verbs and possessives agree instead of being patched.
Before 1 January you get fêtes de fin d'année wording; from 1 January you get bonne année.
Every French line ships with its English meaning, so you know exactly what you are sending.
Bonne année. The everyday fuller version is 'Bonne année et bonne santé' — health is almost always wished alongside happiness — and the formal written version is 'Meilleurs vœux pour la nouvelle année'. Note the œ ligature in vœux.
Traditionally no. Until midnight on 31 December the customary formulas are 'Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année' and 'Bon réveillon'; many French speakers consider wishing Bonne année early to bring bad luck. Choosing the before-1-January option here switches the wording for you.
By custom you have the whole of January: wishes sent up to 31 January are still on time, and it is normal to greet someone with Bonne année the first time you see them that year even in late January. After that, add a short line acknowledging the delay.
Use tu for friends, family and partners; use vous for a manager, a client, a teacher, someone you have never met, and for any group of people. If you already say vous to the person in conversation, keep vous in writing — switching to tu is normally offered by the older or more senior person first.