Good morning in many languages

These are phrases you use when you greet people in the morning. Exactly when you use these
phrases varies from country to country.
Language
Afrikaans
Albanian
Aleut
Alsatian
Amharic
Arabic
(Egyptian)
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
Arabic (Moroccan)

Phrase
Goeiemre, Mre
Mirmngjes
Qilachxizaxx
Gete Morge
(ndmn adru)
[how was your night?]
(s ab il khayr)
response - (s ab in noor)
(s abh ul khayr)
(s bah lkhr)

' : (Bari luys)

: (Ast.tzo barin) - response
Aragonese
Buen diya
(suprobhaat)
Assamese
Asturian
Bonos des
Azerbaijani
Sabahnz xeyir
Basque
Egun on
Belarusian
(Dobray ranitsy)
Bosnian
Dobro jutro
Breton
Demat
Bulgarian
(Dobro utro)
Catalan
Bon dia
Cebuano
Maayong Buntag
Chamorro
Buenas dias / Buenas dihas
I
Chechen
/ (response: wish you a happy life)
Chinese (Cantonese)
(jushn)
Chinese (Hakka)
(on1-zo3)
(zon) (zoshngho)
Chinese (Mandarin)
(zochnho) (nzo)
Chinese (Shanghainese) (tsoa)
Chinese (Taiwanese)
(gau5-tsa2)
Chinese (Teochow)
(ja2)
Cimbrian
Guuten mrgont
Armenian (Eastern)

Cornish
Croatian
Czech
Dalecarlian
Danish
Dutch
Esperanto
Estonian
Faroese
Fijian
Finnish
French
Frisian (West)
Friulian
Galician
Georgian
German
Greek
Greenlandic
Haitian Creole
Hawaiian
Hebrew
Hiligaynon (Ilonggo)
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Ilocano
Indonesian
Inuktitut
Iupiaq
Irish (Gaelic)
Italian
Japanese
Jrriais
Kashubian
Kazakh
Kinaray-a
Korean

Myttin da
Dobro jutro
Dobr rno Dobr den
Gmorgun
God morgen
Goedemorgen / Goeiemorgen
Bonan matenon
Tere hommikust
Gan morgun
Ni sa yadra
Hyv huomenta
Bonjour
Goemoarn
Bund
Bom da
(dila mshvidobisa)
Guten Morgen
(Kalimra sas) - frm
(Kalimra su) - inf
(Kalimra)
Iterluarit / Kumoorn
Bonjou, Bon maten
E lelo mlie
(boker tov)
Maayong aga

(Namaste),
(Suprabht),

(ubh prabht)
J reggelt (kvnok)
Gan daginn, Gan dag
Naimbag a bigat
Selamat pagi
(Ublaahatkut/Ullaasakkut)
Uvlaasatkun / Uvlaalluataq
Dia dhuit ar maidin (sg) Dia dhaibh ar maidin (pl)
Maidin mhaith
Buongiorno
(ohay gozaimasu)
(ohay)
Bounjour ( matn)
Dzn dobri
(Qayrl ta)
Mayad nga aga
(annyeong hashimnikka)

Kurdish
!Kung San
Ladino
Latin
Latvian
Limburgish
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish
Macedonian
Manx
Mori
Malay
Maltese
Mauritian Creole
Mongolian
Nepali
Norwegian
Occitan
Okinawan
Papiamentu
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Samoan
Sardinian
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
Serbian
Sesotho
Shona
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Stellingwarfs
Swahili
Swedish
Tagalog

Seba be kher
Tuwa
(Buenos dias)
Quid agis mane?
Labrt
Gojemrge
Labas rytas
Gudde Moien
(Dobro utro)
Moghrey mie
Kia ora, Ata mrie, Mrena
Selamat pagi
Bonu / L-godwa t-tajba / Bonornu
Bonzour
(glnii mend)

(subha prabhat)
God morgen
Bonjorn
Ukimi soo chii
Bon dia
(sobh bekheir)
Dzie dobry
Bom dia
Bun dimineaa
(Dobroe utro)
Manuia le vaveao
Bonas dies
Guid mornin
Madainn mhath
(Dobro jutro)
Mmoro (to one person)
Mmorong (to more than one person)
Mangwanani / Mangwanani, marara sei? (reply)
Dobr rno (used until 8am)
Dobr de (used from 8am until dark)
Dobro jutro (used until 8am)
Dober dan (used from 8am until sunset)
Buenos das
Goeiemorgen
Habari ya asubuhi
God morgon
Magandang umaga po (frm) Magandang umaga (inf)

Tamil
Telugu
Tetum

(kaalai vanakkam)

(supra bhetam)
Bondia / Dader diak / Boasdias

Thai

/ (s-wt-dee krp/k)

Tibetan
Tok Pisin
Tongan
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uzbek
Venda
Vietnamese
Welsh
Xitsonga
Yappese
Yiddish
Yorb

(nga-to delek)
Moning
Malo tau ma'u e pongipongi ni
Gnaydn
! (Dobnoho ranku)
(subha bkhair)
Hayirli tong
Ndi matsheloni
Cho bui sng
Bore da
Avuxeni
Fal'e kadbul
(Gutn morgn)
ku aar

Language

Good morning

Afrikaans

Goeiemre, Mre

Albanian

Mirmngjes

Arabic

Armenian

Paree looys, Bari luys

Azerbaijani

Sabahnz xeyir

Bengali

shuprobhat

Bulgarian

Dobro utro

Catalan

Bon dia

Chinese

zon

Croatian

Dobro jutro

Danish

God morgen

Dutch

Goede morgen

Esperanto

Bonan matenon

Estonian

Tere hommikust

Finnish

Hyv huomenta

French

Bonjour

German

Guten Morgen

Greek

Kalimra

Kalaallisut (Greenlandic)

Iterluarit / Kumoorn

Hawaiian

Aloha kakahiaka

Hebrew

boker tov

Hindi

Namaste

Hungarian

J reggelt (kvnok)

Indonesian

Selamat pagi

Irish (Gaelic)

Dia dhuit/dhaibh ar maidin / Maidin mhaith

Italian

Buongiorno

Japanese

(ohay gozaimasu)
(ohay)

Korean

(annyeong hashimnikka)

Kurdish

Beyan ba

Lithuanian

Labas rytas

(Macedonian)

(Dobro utro)

Malay

Selamat pagi

Maltese

Bonu / L-godwa t-tajba / Bonornu

Nepali

(subha prabhat)

Norwegian

God morgen

Polish

Dzie dobry

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Bom dia

portugus (European)

Bom dia

Romanian

Bun dimineaa

Russian

(Dobroe utro)

Slovak

Dobr rno (used until 8am)

Dobr de (used from 8am until dark)

Slovenian

Dobro jutro (used until 8am)

Dober dan (used from 8am until sunset)

Spanish

Buenos das

kiSwahili (Swahili)

Habari ya asubuhi

Swedish

God morgon
Magandang umaga po / Magandang umaga

Tagalog

 (Taiwanese)

(gau-tsa)

Thai

/ (sawt dee krp/k)

Turkish

Gnaydn

Ukrainian

(Dobrogo ranku)

Urdu

(subha bkhair)

Uzbek

Hayirli tong

Vietnamese

Cho bui sng

Welsh

Bore da

Afrikaans - Hallo (hello) pronounced Hu-llo

Amharic "tena yistelegn" is very formal. You can also say " Selam"

Islamic Greeting - ( peace be upon you) pronounced Assalamou Alykoum

Albanian - Tungjatjeta pronounced To-ngyat-yeta it means have a long life or c'kemi (hi)

A'Leamona - bees-e-lees-e (good day) pronounced tehl-neye-doe

Arabic - ( good morning)pronounced sabahou el kheir , ( good

evening) pronounced masaou el kheir : note that Kh- is pronounced from the back of the
throat. mArHAbAN- ( Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ban

Armenian - barev or parev

Australian - G'day (mostly informal but including strangers pronounced gu-day or

ge_day )("G'day mate"); also use is OI pronounced "OI" emphatically

Austrian - Grgott (formal, pronounced gree'assgott)/ Servus (Informal, said See-ahhvass, not like the Latin word)

Azerbaijani - salam (hello) pronounced Sa-lam

* Bengla(bangladesh)- salam(religious way for muslims)

Bahamas hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal), what you sayin', Buyh? (very informal
- slang)

Basque - kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning; pronounced egg-un own), gau
on (night; pronounced gow own)

Bhutan - [kuzu-zangpo]

Bavarian and Austrian German - gr Gott (pronounced gruess gott), servus (informal;
also means "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)

Bengali namaskar (In West Bengal, India)

Bremnian - koali (pronounced kowalee)

British Sign Language(BSL) - Dominant hand wave, from core to outside with the palm
facing towards recipient as the hand moves bring it into a thumbs up gesture (Formal
'Hello') Give two thumbs up (Informal Literal Translation 'well?')

Bulgarian - zdravei, zdraveite (to many), zdrasti (informal), Dobro utro (morning),
Dobar den (day), Dobar vecher (evening)

Burmese - mingalarba

Cambodian (Khmer)- Sua s'dei (informal), Jum Reap Sour (formal), good morning, Arun
Sua s'dei, good afternoon Tivea Sua s'dei, good evening Sayoan Sua s'dei, good night
Reatrey Sua s'dei, good bye Lea Hoy (informal), Jum Reap Lea (formal)

Cape-Verdean Creole - oi, ol, Entao or Bon dia

Catalan - hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon dee-ah)good morning, bona
tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night. You can also say
just "Bones (bo-nahs) to make it informal.

Chamorro - hafa adai (hello/what's up?), hafa? (informal), howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu?

(informal), sup (informal)and all other English greetings

Chichewa - moni bambo! (to a male), moni mayi! (to a female). Muribwanji (mooribwanji) is used often, as a generalized greeting to everyone.

Chinese - In both Cantonese and Mandarin, it is written as . Cantonese is nei* ho or

lei ho (pronounced ne ho or lay ho) and Mandarin is n ho (pronounced, nee how)
(remember the tones). In Mandarin, you can also say (zo shng ho) for "Good
Morning." *as in eee not a

Congo - mambo

Cook Island - Kia orana (hello)

Cree - Tansi (pronounced Tawnsay)

Croatian - bok (informal), dobro jutro (morning), dobar dan (day), dobra veer
(evening), laku no (night)

Czech - dobr rno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobr den (formal), dobr veer (evening),
ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy)

Danish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal), god aften (evening; formal),
hejsa (very informal).

D'ni - shorah (also goodbye or peace)

Double Dutch - hutch-e-lul-lul-o (hello), gug-o-o-dud mum-o-rug-nun-i-nun-gug (good

morning; formal), gug-o-o-dud a-fuf-tut-e-rug-nun-o-o-nun (good afternoon; formal),
gug-o-o-dud e-vuv-e-nun-i-nun-gug (good evening; formal)

Dutch - hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)

English - hello (formal), hi (informal), hey (informal,) yo (informal,)

Esperanto - saluton (formal), sal (informal)

Estonian - tere pevast" (good day), Tere hommikust (morning), Tere htust (evening)
Tere/tervist

Egyptian Arabic - Salaam Alekum'(sulam ulakume) (Goodbye) Ma Salaama (ma sulama)

the "U" is pronounced its usual way(Example:up)

Fijian - 'Bula Uro' (Informal Hello) and 'Bula Vinaka' (Formal Hello) is pronounced 'Buhla Vina-kah'

Finnish - hyv piv (formal), moi, terve or hei (informal), moro (Tamperensis)

French - salut (informal; silent 't'), bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal vowel),
bonsoir (good evening; 'n' is a nasal vowel), bonne nuit (good night)

Frisian (Dutch dialect from northern Netherland, still spoken by many people) - Goendei
(Formal), Dei (A bit more informal but still correct).

Gaelic - dia duit (informal; pronounced gee-ah ditch; literally "God be with you")

Georgian - gamardjoba

German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very
informal; pronounced taack).

Gujarati - Namaste,Namaskar,Kemcho

Greek - (pronounced YAH-soo; singular to greet a friend, informal),

(plural to be polite, formal)(it means "health to you"), (pronounced kalee-MEra; good morning; formal), (pronounced ka-LOH a-PO-yevma; good
afternoon; formal), (pronounced kalee-SPE-rah; good evening; formal)

Hausa - Ina kwaana? (How did you sleep? - informal) or Ina uni? (how's the day? informal). Ina kwaanan ku? (formal) or Ina unin Ku (formal)

Hawaiian - aloha (pronounced ah-low-ha)

Hebrew - shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma kore? (very
informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")

Hindi -

, namaste ( this video shows you how to pronounce namaste:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlcpjgyrOg )

Hopi - "ha'u" (sounds like hah-uh) means "hello" but it's not used as often as we use it in
English. It's more traditional to greet someone by saying "Um waynuma?" (you're
around?)

Hungarian, Magyar - j napot (pronounced yoh naput; daytime; formal), szervusz

(pronounced sairvoose; informal), szia (pronounced seeya; informal), or even hel, like
english hello but a longer "o"

Icelandic - gan dag (formal; pronounced gothan dahg), h (informal; pronounced

"hai")

Igbo - nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo), nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)

Indonesian - halo (hello), selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat
malam (evening)

Irish - "Dia duit" (pronounced "Deah Duit"; also means "God Be With You")

Italian - cio (pronounced chow; informal; also means "goodbye"), buon giorno
(pronounced bwohn geeornoh; good morning; formal), buon pomeriggio (pronounced
bwohn pohmehreejeeoh; good afternoon; formal), buona sera (pronounced bbwoonah
sehrah; good evening; formal)

Japanese - ohayoou gozaimasu (pronounced o-ha-yo (go-zaimass); good morning), konnichi wa (pronounced kon-nee-chee-wa;
daytime or afternoon), konbanwa (pronounced kon-ban-wa; evening);
moshi moshi (pronounced mo-shee mo-shee; when calling/answering the
phone); doumo (pronounced doh-moh; informal way of thanking/greeting, but
means countless other things as well so only use when context makes sense)

Jibberish - huthegelluthego, h-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (formal), h-diguh-i (informal), hidiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (meaning "how are you?")

Jamaican(slang)- Yow Wah gwaan (pronounced wa-gwaan)

Kanien'kha (Mohawk) - kwe kwe (pronounced gway gway)

Kannada - namaskara

Kazakh - Salem (hello), Kalay zhagday (How are you?)

Klingon - nuqneH? [nook-neck] (literally: "what do you want?")

Konkani:Namaskar,Namaskaru (I bow to thee,formal)',Dev baro dis div,(may God bless

you with a good day,informal)

Korean - ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal; pronouned on-nyoung-ha-say-yo),

ahn nyeong (informal; can also be used to mean "goodbye")(when
calling/answering the phone"; "yeo-bo-sae-yo" (prounounced "yuh-boh-sayyoe")

Kurdish choni, roj bahsh (day; pronounced rohzj bahsh)

Lao - sabaidee (pronounced sa-bai-dee)

Latin (Classical) - salve (pronounced sal-way; when talking to one person), salvete
(pronounced sal-way-tay; when talking to more than one person), ave (pronounced arway; when talking to one person; when talking to someone respected), avete (pronounced
ar-way-tay; when talking to more than one respected person)

Latvian - labdien, sveiki, chau (informal; pronounced chow).

Lingala - mbote

Lithuanian - laba diena (formal), labas, sveikas (informal; when speaking to a male),
sveika (informal; when speaking to a female), sveiki (informal; when speaking to more
than one person).

Lojban - coi

Luxembourgish - moen (pronounced MOY-en)

Slavomacedonian - (Zdravo; meaning Hello), (Dobro utro; meaning

Good morning), (Dobar den; meaning Good day), (Dobro
vecher; meaning Good evening)

Malayalam - namaskkaram

Malaysian - Selamat datang, which can also mean welcome (pronounced seh-la-mat dahtan, the g is silent) or you could say apa khabar, which can also mean how are you
(pronounced a-pa ka-bar)

Maldivian (Dhivehi) - kihineth (meaning "how" - the common way of greeting)

Maltese - merba (meaning "welcome"), bonu (morning), bonswa or il-lejl it-tajjeb

(evening)

Maori - kia ora (kia o ra) (literally "be well/healthy" and is translated as an informal "hi."
This term has also been adopted by English speakers in New Zealand), tena koe, ata
marie, morena (good morning)

Marathi - namaskar

Marshallese - iakwe (pronounced YAH kway)

Mongolian - sain baina uu? (pronounced saa-yen baya-nu; formal), sain uu?
(pronounced say-noo; informal), ugluunii mend (morning; pronounced ohglohny mend),
udriin mend (afternoon, pronounced ohdriin mend), oroin mend (evening; pronounced
or-oh-in mend)

Nahuatl - niltze, hao

Naokien - Atetgrealot (formal), atetel (informal)

Navajo - ya'at'eeh (Hello or Good) (pronunciation dependant upon the tribe, or area of
the reservation you are on)

Na'vi - kaltx (informal) (pronounced kal-T- with an emphasis on the T), Oel ngati
kameie (formal) (pronounced o-el nga-ti kamei-e)

Niuean - faka lofa lahi atu (formal) fakalofa (informal)

Neapolitan - cia, cha

Nepalbhasha - Jwajalapa,

Nepali - namaskar, namaste, k cha (informal), kasto cha

Northern German - moin moin

Northern Sotho - dumelang

Norwegian - hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), god morgen ("good
morning"), god dag ("good day"), god kveld ("good evening").

Oshikwanyama - wa uhala po, meme? (to a female; response is ee), wa uhala po, tate?
(to a male; response is ee) nawa tuu? (response is ee; formal), ongaipi? (meaning "how is
it?"; informal)

Oromo(Afan Oromo) - asham (hi')akkam? (how are you?),nagaa (peace, peace be with u)

Palauan - alii (pronounced Ah-Lee)

Persian - salaam or do-rood (see note above - salaam is an abbreviation, the full version
being as-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)

Pig Latin - eyhay (informal), ellohay (formal), atswhay upay? ("what's up?")

Polish - dzie dobry (formal), witaj (hello) cze (hi, pronounced, "cheshch")

Portuguese - oi, boas, ol or al (informal); bom dia or bons dias (good morning, used
before noon or before the noon meal); boa tarde or boas tardes (good afternoon, used
after noon or after the noon meal, until twilight); boa noite or boas noites (good evening
and good night, used after twilight).

Punjabi - sat sri akal

Rajasthani (Marwari)- Khamma Ghani sa, Ram Ram sa

Romanian - salut, buna dimineata (formal; morning) buna ziua (formal; daytime) buna
searaformal; evening), buna (usually when speaking to a female pronounced boo-nhuh)

Russian - Privet! pronounced as pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced

ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)

Samoan - talofa (formal), malo (informal)

Scanian - haja (universal), hall (informal), go'da (formal), go'maren (morning), go'aften
(evening)

Scottish, howzitgaun (informal, means "Hello, how are you?") hello (formal)

Senegal - salamaleikum

Serbian - zdravo, ao (informal), dobro jutro (morning, pronounced dobro yutro), dobar
dan (afternoon), dobro vee (pronounced dobro vetcheah evening), laku no (night), do
vienja (see you soon)

Sinhala - a`yubowan (pronounced au-bo-wan; meaning "long live")kohomada? (ko-homa-da meaning how are you?)

Slovak - dobr de (formal), ahoj (pronounced ahoy), au (pronounced chow) and dobr
(informal abbreviation)

Slovenian ivjo (informal; pronounced zhivyo), zdravo (informal), dobro jutro

(morning), dober dan (afternoon), dober veer (evening; pronounced doh-bear vetch-air)

South African English - hoezit (pronounced howzit; informal)

Spanish - hola (pronounced with a silent 'h': o-la), alo, qu onda (South America;very
informal, like "what's up"; pronounced keh ondah), qu hay, (South America; very
informal), qu pasa (Spain, informal), buenos das ("good morning"), buenas tardes
(afternoon and early evening), buenas noches (late evening and night). These three forms
can be made informal by saying "buenas". Also Qu Transa (Mexico;very informal, like
"what's up" pronounced keh trahansa). Qu tl, meaning "what's up", pronounced "kay
tal".

Sulka - marot (morning; pronounced mah-rote [rolled r and lengthened o], mavlemas
(afternoon; v is pronounced as a fricative b), masegin (evening; g is pronounced as a
fricative)

Swahili - jambo? or "hujambo?," which loosely translate as 'how are you?' are commonly
used but you may also say Habari gani? (What is the news?)

Swedish - tja (very informal; pronounced sha), hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag
(formal)

Swiss German - hallo (informal), grezi (formal, pronounced kind of grew-tsi),

gressech (formal, used in the Canton of Berne, pronounced grewe-thech)

Tagalog (Pilipino - Philippines) - Kumusta po kayo? (formal, means "How are you, sir or
madam", pronounced "kuh-muh-stah poh kah-yoh"), Kumusta ka? (informal, means
"how are you?", "kuh-muh-stah kah"). You can also add na when talking to someone you
haven't see in a while, Kumusta na po kayo? or Kumusta ka na?. Magandang umaga po
(Good morning, pronounced "mah-gan-dang oo-mah-gah poh"), Magandang hapon po
(Good afternoon, "mah-gan-dang ha-pon poh"), Magandang gabi po (Good evening or
night, "mah-gan-dang gah-beh poh"), Magandang tanghali po (good day, literally midday
or noon, "mah-gan-dang tang-ha-leh poh"); NOTE: to make these informal greetings,
drop po from the end and add the person's first name. Still, some people use words like
mare or pare (very informal greeting, mare pronounced "mah-reh" for a close female
friend; pare pronounced "pah-reh" for a close male friend). You may add it either before
or after the greeting. Example, Mare, kumusta ka na? or Kumusta ka na, pare?

Tahitian - ia orana

Taiwanese (Hokkien) - Li-ho

Tamil - vanakkam

Telugu- namaskaram, baagunnara (means "how are you?"; formal)

Tetum (Timor - Leste) - bondia (morning), botarde (afternoon), bonite (evening)

Thai - sawa dee-ka (said by a female), sawa dee-krap (said by a male)

Tigrinya (Eritrea) - selam

Tongan - malo e lelei

Tshiluba - moyo

Tsonga (South Africa) - minjhani (when greeting adults), kunjhani (when greeting your
peer group or your juniors)

Turkish - merhaba selam (formal), selam (Informal)

Ukranian - dobriy ranok (formal; morning), dobriy den (formal; afternoon), dobriy vechir
(formal; evening), pryvit (informal)

Uzbek - Assalomu Alaykum (Formal) Salom(Informal) YM

Ung Tongue - Hello (This is a made-up language, like Pig latin. This is pronounced
Hung-ee-lung-lung-oh.)

Urdu - adaab or salam or as salam alei kum (the full form, to which the reply would be
waa lay kum assalaam in most cases)

Vietnamese - xin cho (pronounced sin DJOW)

Welsh - shwmae (South Wales; pronounced shoe-my), "Sut Mae" North Wales( pron "sit
my") or "S'mae" ( Pron "S' my") or simply "Helo"

Yiddish - sholem aleikhem (literally "may peace be unto you"), borokhim aboyem or gut
morgn (morning), gutn ovnt (evening), gutn tog (day), gut shabbos (only used on the
Sabbath)

Yoruba - E kaaro (Good morning), E kaasan (Good afternoon), E kaaale (Good evening)
O da aaro (good night).

Zulu - sawubona for one person, "sanibonani" for multiple people. Sawubona translates
to mean 'we see you' and you should respond by saying "yebo"-meaning 'yes'