Good Morning in Different Languages: How to Say It Worldwide

Beyond Europe, the greeting takes many forms, and several of the most widely spoken languages use their own script.

In most languages, good morning is a greeting for arrival rather than departure, and it gives way to a midday greeting (such as the Spanish buenas tardes) after noon. A few languages shift with the clock in their own way: in Japanese, for example, ohayō is the morning greeting, while konnichiwa is used from midday onwards. When in doubt, match whatever the people around you are saying.

To say good morning in different languages, start with the ones you will use most: guten Morgen in German, bonjour in French, buongiorno in Italian, buenos días in Spanish, bom dia in Portuguese, and around the world sabah al-khayr in Arabic, zǎoshang hǎo in Mandarin, ohayō in Japanese and shubh prabhat in Hindi. Learn the native spelling, practise the pronunciation, and use it first thing wherever you are. The best way to make any of these stick is to use them in the country itself, on a language course with SPRACHCAFFE.

As we mentioned previously, here at Sprachcaffe we often publish translations of the most frequently used expressions and terms in conversation, making them incredibly useful when traveling abroad.

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