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These are phrases you use when you greet people in the afternoon. Exactly when you use these phrases varies from country to country. In some languages, Spanish for example, the same words are used for afternoon and evening.
| Language | Good afternoon |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Goeie middag |
| Albanian | Mirëdita |
| Alsatian | Güete Nàchmittag |
| Amharic | አንደምን ዋሉ (əndämn walu) [how did you spend the day?] |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(misa' il kẖayr)
مساء الخير response - (misa' in noor) مساء النّور |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(masā' al-khayr) مساء الخير |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(mselkẖīr) مساء الخير |
| Aragonese | Buena tardi |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Բարի' օր: (Bari or) - rarely used |
| Armenian (Western) |
Բարի կէսօր: (Paree gesor) |
| Asturian | Bones tardes |
| Azeri | Yaxşi gün, Hər vaxtınız xeyir |
| Basque | Arratsalde on |
| Bosnian | Dobar dan |
| Breton | Demat |
| Bulgarian | Добър ден (Dobãr den) |
| Catalan | Bona tarda |
| Chamorro | Buenas tåtdes |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
午安 (ńgh ōn) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
午安 (wǔān) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
午安 (gō-an) |
| Cornish | Dohajydh da |
| Corsican | Bonghjornu |
| Croatian | Dobar dan |
| Czech | Dobré odpoledne |
| Danish | God eftermiddag |
| Dutch | Goedemiddag / Goeiemiddag |
| Esperanto | Bonan posttagmezon |
| Estonian | Tere päevast |
| Faroese | Góðan dagin |
| Fijian | Bula, Ni sa Bula |
| Finnish | Hyvää päivää |
| French | Bonjour / Bon après-midi |
| Frisian (North) | Moin |
| Frisian (West) | Goemiddei |
| Friulian | Bundì |
| Galician | Boa tarde |
| Georgian | დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa) |
| German | Guten Nachmittag, Guten Tag |
| German (Bavarian) | Gria̦sgood |
| Greek (Modern) | Καλό απόγευμα (kaló apóyevma) |
| Haitian Creole | Bon apre-midi |
| Hausa | Barka da yamma |
| Hawaiian | Aloha ʻauinalâ |
| Hebrew | (achar tzahara'im tovim) אחר צהריים טובים |
| Hindi | दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar) |
| Hungarian | Jó napot (kívánok) |
| Icelandic | Góðan daginn, Góðan dag |
| Iloko | Naimbag a malem |
| Indonesian | Selamat siang |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ (Unnuhatkut/Unnusakkut) |
| Iñupiaq | Unnusatkun |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Tráthnóna maith (duit) |
| Italian | Buongiorno Buon pomeriggio |
| Japanese | 今日は / こんにちは (konnichiwa) |
| Jèrriais | Bouônjour |
| Kannada | ಶುಭ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (shubha madhyahna) |
| Kazakh | Қайырлы күн! (Qayırlı kün!) |
| Khmer | ទិវាសួស្ដី (tivaa soou sduii) |
| Korean | 안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka) |
| Latvian | Labdien |
| Limburgish | Gojemiddig |
| Lithuanian | Laba diena |
| Luxembourgish | Gudde Mëtteg |
| Macedonian | Добар ден(Dobar den) |
| Malay | Selamat tengah hari (12-2pm) Selamat petang (2-7pm) |
| Maltese | Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Fastyr mie |
| Māori | Kia ora |
| Mauritian Creole | Bon apré-midi |
| Mongolian | Өдрийн мэнд (Ödriin mend) |
| Navajo | Yá'át'ééh |
| Nepali | नमस्कार (namaskar) |
| Norwegian | God ettermiddag |
| Occitan | Bon vèspre |
| Oriya | ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ଯା (shubhashandhaa) |
| Papiamento | Bon tardi |
| Pashto | (wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير |
| Persian (Farsi) | (zohr bekheir) ظهر بخير |
| Polish | Dzień dobry /
Miłego popołudnia Dobrego popołudnia (used when leaving, though rarely used) |
| Portuguese | Boa tarde |
| Quechua | Wuynas tardis |
| Romanian | Bună ziua |
| Romansh | Buna sera / Buna saira |
| Russian | Добрый день! (Dobryj den'!) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Bona sera |
| Scottish Gaelic | Feasgar math |
| Scots | Guid efternuin |
| Serbian | Добар дан (Dobar dan) |
| Shona | Masikati / Masikati, maswera sei? (reply) |
| Sinhala | සුභ දවාලක් (subha dhavalak) |
| Slovak | Dobré popoludnie (rarely used) |
| Slovenian | Dober dan |
| Somali | Galab wanaagsan |
| Spanish | Buenas tardes |
| Stellingwarfs | Goeiemiddag |
| Swahili | Habari ya mchana |
| Swedish | God eftermiddag |
| Swiss German | Gueten Abig / Guete Daag |
| Tagalog | Magandang hapon po (frm) Magandang hapon (inf) |
| Tamil | மதிய வணக்கம் (madhiya vanakkam) |
| Tatar | Xäyerle kön |
| Tetum | Botarde / Lorokraik diak / Boastarde |
| Thai | สวัสดีครับ/ค่ะ (sà-wàt-dee kráp/kâ) |
| Tibetan | ཉིན་གུང་བདེ་ལེགས། |
| Tigrinya | ከመይ ውዒልካ (kemey Wu’elka) m/sg ከመይ ውዒልኪ (kemey Wu’elki) f/sg ከመይ ውዒልኩም (kemey Wu’elkum) m/pl/frm ከመይ ውዒልክን (kemey Wu’elkn) f/pl/frm |
| Tok Pisin | Apinum |
| Tongan | Malo tau ma'u e ho'ata ni |
| Tswana | Thupama e e monate |
| Turkish | Tünaydın, İyi günler |
| Ukrainian | Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia) |
| Urdu | (roz bākhair) روز بخير |
| Uzbek | Hayirli kun |
| Venetian | Bondì / Bongiorno |
| Vietnamese | Xin chào |
| Võro | Hüvvä lõunaaigo |
| Welsh | P'nawn da / Prynhawn da |
| Wolof | Jamm nga yendoo |
| Xhosa | Uben' emva kwemini entle / Ube nemini emnandi |
| Yapese | Fal'e misii |
| Yiddish | (A gut ovnt) א גוט אָוונט |
| Yorùbá | Ẹ ku ọsan |
| Yucatec Maya | Ma'lob chi'inil K'iin |
| Zazaki | Perocê şıma xeyr bo |
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