Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
These are phrases you use when you greet people in the morning. Exactly when you use these phrases varies from country to country.
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Goeiemôre, Môre |
| Albanian | Mirëmëngjes |
| Aleut | Qilachxizax̂ |
| Alsatian | Güete Morge |
| Amharic | አንደምን አደሩ
(əndämn adäru) [how was your night?] |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(ṣabā il kẖayr) صباح الخير response - (ṣabā in noor) صباح النّور |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(ṣabāḥul kẖayr) صباح الخير |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (ṣbah lkẖīr) صباح الخير |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Բարի' լույս: (Bari luys) Աստծո բարին: (Ast.tzo barin) - response |
| Aragonese | Buen diya |
| Asturian | Bonos díes |
| Azerbaijani | Sabahınız xeyir |
| Basque | Egun on |
| Belarusian | Добрай раніцы (Dobray ranitsy) |
| Bosnian | Dobro jutro |
| Breton | Demat |
| Bulgarian | Добро утро (Dobro utro) |
| Catalan | Bon dia |
| Cebuano | Maayong Buntag |
| Chamorro | Buenas dias / Buenas dihas |
| Chechen | Iуьйре дика хуьлда хьан диканца вахийла / йахийла хьо (response: wish you a happy life) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 早晨 (jousan) |
| Chinese (Hakka) | 安早 (on1-zo3) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 早安 (zǎoān)
早上好 (zǎoshànghǎo) 早晨好 (zǎochénhǎo) 你早 (nǐzǎo) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) | 早安 (tsoa) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 爻早 (gau5-tsa2) |
| Chinese (Teochow) | 早 (ja2) |
| Cimbrian | Guuten mòrgont |
| Cornish | Myttin da |
| Croatian | Dobro jutro |
| Czech | Dobré rano Dobrý den |
| Dalecarlian | Góðmorgun |
| Danish | God morgen |
| Dutch | Goedemorgen / Goeiemorgen |
| Esperanto | Bonan matenon |
| Estonian | Tere hommikust |
| Faroese | Góðan morgun |
| Fijian | Ni sa yadra |
| Finnish | Hyvää huomenta |
| French | Bonjour |
| Frisian (West) | Goemoarn |
| Friulian | Bundì |
| Galician | Bom día |
| Georgian | დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa) |
| German | Guten Morgen |
| Greek | Καλημέρα σας (kaliméra sas) – frm Καλημέρα σου (kaliméra su) – inf Καλημέρα (Kaliméra) |
| Greenlandic | Iterluarit / Kumoorn |
| Haitian Creole | Bonjou, Bon maten |
| Hawaiian | E ʻôlelo mâlie |
| Hebrew | (boker tov) בוקר טוב |
| Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) | Maayong aga |
| Hindi | नमस्ते (Namaste), सुप्रभात (Suprabhāt), शुभ प्रभात (Śubh prabhāt) |
| Hungarian | Jó reggelt (kívánok) |
| Icelandic | Góðan daginn, Góðan dag |
| Ilocano | Naimbag a bigat |
| Indonesian | Selamat pagi |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᓪᓛᓴᒃᑯᑦ (Ublaahatkut/Ullaasakkut) |
| Iñupiaq | Uvlaasatkun / Uvlaalluataq |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Dia dhuit/dhaibh ar maidin, Maidin mhaith |
| Italian | Buongiorno |
| Japanese | お早うございます (ohayō gozaimasu) お早う (ohayō) |
| Jèrriais | Bouônjour (à matîn) |
| Kashubian | Dzén dobri |
| Kazakh | Қайырлы таң (Qayırlı tañ) |
| Kinaray-a | Mayad nga aga |
| Korean | 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghashimnikka) |
| Kurdish | Seba be kher |
| !Kung San | Tuwa |
| Ladino | (Buenos dias) בואינוס דיאס |
| Latin | Quid agis mane? |
| Latvian | Labrīt |
| Limburgish | Gojemörge |
| Lithuanian | Labas rytas |
| Luxembourgish | Gudde Moien |
| Macedonian | Добро утро (Dobro utro) |
| Manx | Moghrey mie |
| Māori | Kia ora, Ata mārie, Mōrena |
| Malay | Selamat pagi |
| Maltese | Bonġu / L-għodwa t-tajba / Bonġornu |
| Mauritian Creole | Bonzour |
| Mongolian | Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend) |
| Nepali | शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat) |
| Norwegian | God morgen |
| Occitan | Bonjorn |
| Okinawan | Ukimi soo chii |
| Papiamentu | Bon dia |
| Persian | (sobh bekheir) صبح بخير |
| Polish | Dzień dobry |
| Portuguese | Bom dia |
| Romanian | Bună dimineaţa |
| Russian | Доброе утро (Dobroe utro) |
| Sardinian | Bonas dies |
| Scots | Guid mornin |
| Scottish Gaelic | Madainn mhath |
| Serbian | Добро јутро (Dobro jutro) |
| Sesotho | Mmoro (to one person) Mmorong (to more than one person) |
| Shona | Mangwanani / Mangwanani, marara sei? (reply) |
| Slovak | Dobré ráno (used until 8am) Dobrý deň (used from 8am until dark) |
| Slovenian | Dobro jutro (used until 8am) Dober dan (used from 8am until sunset) |
| Spanish | Buenos días |
| Stellingwarfs | Goeiemorgen |
| Swahili | Habari ya asubuhi |
| Swedish | God morgon |
| Tagalog | Magandang umaga po (frm) Magandang umaga (inf) |
| Good morning | காலை வணக்கம் (kaalai vanakkam) |
| Tamil | สวัสดีครับ/ค่ะ (sawùt dee krúp/kâ) |
| Tok Pisin | Moning |
| Tongan | Malo tau ma'u e pongipongi ni |
| Turkish | Günaydın |
| Ukrainian | Добного ранку! (Dobnoho ranku) |
| Urdu | (subha bākhair) صبح بخير |
| Uzbek | Hayirli tong |
| Venda | Avuxeni |
| Vietnamese | Chào buổi sáng |
| Welsh | Bore da |
| Yappese | Fal'e kadbul |
| Yiddish | (Gutn morgn) גוטן מאָרגן |
| Yorùbá | Ẹ ku aarọ |
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