Useful foreign phrases |
Individual languages |
Colours |
Numbers |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs
Useful foreign phrases |
Individual languages |
Colours |
Numbers |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs
This phrase or something like it is widely used in the USA and Canada. Elsewhere usage is limited to certain situations, such as in shops.
| Language | Have a nice day |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Lekker dag! |
| Albanian | Ditën e mirë! |
| Amharic | መልካም ቀን ይሁንልህ። (me’elkam ken yihunilih) (m) መልካም ቀን ይሁንልሽ። (me’elkam ken yihunilish) (f) መልካም ቀን ይሁንላችሁ። (me’elkam ken yihunilachu) (pl) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (youm sa'eed) يوم سعيد |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | اتمنى لك يوما طيبا |
| Azerbaijani | Yaxşı günlər! |
| Basque | Egun on izan dezala |
| Bhojpuri | बढ़िया दिन रहे (badhiya din rahe) |
| Breton | Devezh vat dit/deoc'h |
| Bulgarian | Приятен ден (Prijaten den) Лек ден! (Lek den) |
| Chamorro | Puedi ha' todu maolek (not commonly used) |
| Croatian | Lijep ti dan želim! (inf) Lijep Vam dan želim! (frm) |
| Czech | Hezký den! Pěkný den! |
| Danish | Fortsat god dag |
| Dutch | Nog een prettige dag Nog een prettige dag toegewenst Een goede dag verder |
| Esperanto | Bonan tagon al vi! |
| Faroese | Hav ein góðan dag |
| Finnish | Hyvää päivänjatkoa |
| French | Bonne journée ! |
| Galician | Que teñas un bo día! |
| Georgian | წარმატებულ დღეს გისურვებთ (c’armatebul dghes gisurvebth) - frm წარმატებულ დღეს გისურვებ (c’armatebul dghes gisurveb) - inf |
| German | Schönen Tag noch! |
| Greek | Νάσαι καλά! (Náse kalá!) - inf Νάστε καλά! (Náste kalá!) - frm |
| Haitian Creole | Pase yon bònn jounen / Bònn jounen |
| Hebrew | to a woman - (Sheyihiye lach yom na'im)
שיהיה לַך
יום נעים to a man - (Sheyihiye lecha yom na'im) שיהיה לְךַ יום נעים |
| Hindi | आप का दिन अच्छा बीते! (āp kā din acchā bīte!) |
| Hungarian | Szép napot! |
| Icelandic | Hafðu það gott |
| Indonesian | Semoga hari anda menyenangkan |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᓪᓗᖃᑦᓯᐊᕆᑦ (Ubluqatsiarit/Ulluqatsiarit) |
| Iñupiaq | Uvluqatchiaq |
| Italian | Buona giornata! |
| Japanese | 良い一日を (Yoi ichinichi o) |
| Kannada | ಶುಭ ದಿನವಾಗಲಿ (shubha dinavāgali) |
| Latin | Die dulci fruimini |
| Latvian | Lai jums laba diena |
| Lithuanian | Geros dienos! |
| Luxembourgish | Schéinen Dag nach |
| Macedonian | Пријатен ден (Priyaten den) |
| Malay | Semoga hari anda baik sahaja |
| Malayalam | നല്ല ദിവസം (nalla divasam) |
| Maltese | Il-gurnata t-tajba |
| Māori | Kia ora, Ata mārie, Mōrena |
| Mongolian | Өдрийг сайхан өнгөрүүлээрэй (Odriig saihan ongoruuleerei) |
| Nepali | शुभ दिन (subha din) |
| Norwegian | Ha en fin dag |
| Occitan | Bona jornada! |
| Pashto | (kha woraz walary) ښه ورز ولری |
| Persian | (ruze xubi dâšte bâšid!) روز خوبي داشته باشيد! |
| Polish | Miłego dnia! |
| Portuguese | Tenha um bom dia! |
| Punjabi | ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਦਿਨ ਚੰਗਾ ਲੰਘੇ / تہاڈا دِن چنگا لنگھے (tuhādā dina caṃgā laṃghe) |
| Romanian | Îţi doresc / Vă doresc o zi plăcută! |
| Russian | Хорошего Дня (Xaroševo dnja) |
| Samoan | Ia manuia le aso |
| Serbian | Пријатан дан желим (Prijatan dan želim) |
| Shona | Uve nezuva rakanaka (sg) Muve nezuva rakanaka (pl) |
| Sicilian | Passati na bona iurnata |
| Slovak | Pekný deň! Pekný deň prajem |
| Slovenian | Lep dan vam želim! (frm) Lep dan ti želim! (inf) |
| Somali | Maalin wanaagsan |
| Spanish | ¡Que pase un buen día! |
| Swahili | Nakutakia siku njema! |
| Swedish | Ha en trevlig dag! Ha en bra dag! |
| Tagalog | Magandang araw sa'yo! |
| Tamil | இந்த நாள் இனிய நாளாக அமையட்டும் (indha naal iniya naalaaga amayattum) |
| Tatar | Xäyerle Kön |
| Telugu | శుభ దినం ! (shubha dhinaṅ!) |
| Tetum | Sorte diak ba loron ohin |
| Tigrinya | ደሓን ውዕሉ (deHan wˋalu) |
| Tswana | Tlhôla sentle |
| Turkish | İyi günler! |
| Ukrainian | Гарного дня (Harnoho dnja) |
| Urdu | (ap ka din acha guzrae) آپ کا دن اچھا گزرے |
| Uzbek | Yahshi ishlang! |
| Venetian | Pàsite na bèƚa xornada / Pàsite na bona xornada |
| Xhosa | Ubenemini emnandi |
| Yiddish | (Hot a gutn tog) האָט א גוטן טאָג |
| Yorùbá | Oni a dara o |
| Zulu | Ube nosuku oluhle! (sg) Nibe nosulu ulohle! (pl) |
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Some notes on the usage of this phrase in German
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa080299.htm