8 WhatsApp messages to wish someone luck:
1. Good luck (ಶುಭವಾಗಲಿ) - used to express wishes for success. (ಮಾಡುವ ಕೆಲಸ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಲಿ ಎಂದು ಹಾರೈಸುವುದು)
Example: Good luck with your exams!
2. All the best (ಶುಭವಾಗಲಿ)
Example: All the best for your trip!
3. Break a leg (ಅದೃಷ್ಟ ನಿಮ್ಮೊಂದಿಗೆ ಇರಲಿ) - use this when someone is about to perform something, or take part in an activity, or is about to take up a big task.
Example: You have practiced a lot! Break a leg!
4. Kill it! (ತುಂಬ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡು ಎಂದು ಆಶಿಸುವುದು) - wishing someone to do something extremely well
Example: The audience went mad after his performance! He killed it!
5. You'll do great (ನೀನು ಬಹಳ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುವೆ) - When somebody is about to do something important, you could say this to motivate them.
(ಯಾರಾದರು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾದ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಲು ಹೊರಟಾಗ, ಇದನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿ ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸಿ - You'll do great)
Example: Don't worry, you'll do great!
Other terms for luck:
1. 'Pushing your luck': When you have good luck or a good situation, but you try too hard to extend it or get an even better situation, and risk having a negative result or losing what you have achieved so far.
(ನಿಮಗೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಇರುವಾಗ, ಅದನ್ನು ಇನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿ ಕೊಳ್ಳಲು, ಇರುವುದನ್ನು ಅಡವಿಟ್ಟು ಅದೃಷ್ಟ ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕೆ, 'Pushing your luck' ಹೇಳುವೆವು. )
Example: They offered me the job after a very competitive hiring process. I wanted to ask for a higher starting salary, but I felt like that would be pushing my luck.
2. The luck of the draw
This phrase means something is completely by chance or random; you cannot control it at all (similar to winning the lottery, when they “draw” – take – the winning ticket completely at random).
(ಯಾವುದಾದರು ಒಂದು ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯಕರವಾಗಿ ನಡೆದರೆ ಅದನ್ನು, 'the luck of the draw' ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುವೆವು. )
Example: You can’t choose who you compete against in the tournament – it’s the luck of the draw.
3. As luck would have it
This phrase means “by chance. ” It can be used for both lucky things or unlucky things.
('ಅಕಸ್ಮಾತ್ತಾಗಿ', ಇದನ್ನು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದಕ್ಕೆ ಹಾಗು ಕೆಟ್ಟದಕ್ಕೆ ಎರಡಕ್ಕೂ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುವರು. )
Example: "I called the doctor to make an urgent appointment and as luck would have it, he was available to see me the very same day. "