Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
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 | Phrase |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Asturian | Bones tardes |
| Azerbaijani | 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 ón) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 午安 (wǔān) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 午安 (go-on) |
| Cornish | Dohajydh da |
| Croatian | Dobar dan |
| Czech | Dobré odpoledne |
| Danish | God aften |
| Dutch | Goedemiddag / Goeiemiddag |
| Esperanto | Bonan posttagmezon |
| Estonian | Tere päevast |
| Faroese | Góðan dagin |
| Finnish | Hyvää päivää |
| French | Bonjour / Bon après-midi |
| Frisian (West) | Goemiddei |
| Friulian | Bundì |
| Galician | Boa tarde |
| Georgian | დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa) |
| German | Guten Nachmittag, Guten Tag |
| Greek | Καλό απόγευμα (kaló apóyevma) |
| Greenlandic | ᐅᓄᓴᑯᑦ (Unusakut) |
| Hawaiian | Aloha ʻauinalâ |
| Hebrew | (achar tzahara'im tovim) אחר צהריים טובים |
| Hindi | नमस्ते (Namaste) |
| Hungarian | Jó napot (kívánok) |
| Icelandic | Góðan daginn, Góðan dag |
| Ilocano | 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 (konnichiwa) |
| Jèrriais | Bouônjour |
| Kazakh | Қайырлы күн (Qayırlı kün) |
| Korean | 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghashimnikka) | Latvian | Labdien |
| Limburgish | Gojemiddig |
| Lithuanian | Laba diena |
| Luxembourgish | Gudde Mëtteg |
| Macedonian | Добар ден(Dobar den) |
| Malay | Selamat tenga hari (12-2pm) Selamat petang (2-7pm) |
| Maltese | Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb |
| Manx | Fastyr mie |
| Māori | Kia ora |
| Mauritian Creole | Bon apré-midi |
| Mongolian | Өдрийн мэнд (Ödriin mend) |
| Nepali | नमस्कार (namaskar) |
| Norwegian | God ettermiddag |
| Occitan | Bon vèspre |
| Papiamentu | Bon tardi |
| Persian | (zohr bekheir) ظهر بخير |
| Polish | Dzień dobry |
| Portuguese | Boa tarde |
| Romanian | Bună ziua |
| Russian | Добрый день (Dobryj den') |
| Sardinian | Bonas tardas |
| Scottish Gaelic | Feasgar math |
| Scots | Guid efternuin |
| Serbian | Добар дан (Dobar dan) |
| Shona | Masikati / Masikati, maswera sei? (reply) |
| Slovak | Dobré popoludnie |
| Slovenian | Dober dan |
| Spanish | Buenas tardes |
| Stellingwarfs | Goeiemiddag |
| Swahili | Habari ya mchana |
| Swedish | God eftermiddag |
| Tagalog | Magandang hapon po (frm) Magandang hapon (inf) |
| Tamil | மதிய வணக்கம் (madhiya vanakkam) |
| Tok Pisin | Apinum |
| Tongan | Malo tau ma'u e ho'ata ni |
| Turkish | Tünaydın, İyi günler |
| Ukrainian | Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia) |
| Urdu | (roz bākhair) روز بخير |
| Uzbek | Hayirli kun |
| Vietnamese | Xin chào |
| Welsh | P'nawn da / Prynhawn da |
| Xhosa | Uben' emva kwemini entle / Ube nemini emnandi |
| Yappese | Fal'e misii |
| Yiddish | (A gut ovnt) א גוט אָוונט |
| Yorùbá | Ẹ ku ọsan |
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