This is a great way to broaden your cultural knowledge and facilitate communication with locals, at least for the most common interactions like those in hotels, airports, or restaurants.
Here on Sprachcaffe, in addition to booking language courses, you can learn basic words and expressions to use while traveling. On this page, for example, we focus on the translation of "good morning" in all languages.
If you're traveling in Europe, it's helpful to learn how to say "good morning" in the continent's most common languages.
These include German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Romanian, and Dutch.
Wondering how to say "good morning" in these languages? The translation of "good morning" is "Guten Morgen" in German (spoken primarily in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria), "good morning" in English (and therefore in the United Kingdom), "bonjour" in French (and therefore mainly in France and Belgium), "buenos días" in Spanish (in Spain), "dzień dobry" in Polish (and therefore in Poland, as well as Latvia and Lithuania), "Buna dimineata" in Romanian (spoken in Romania, Moldova, Serbia, and Hungary), and finally "goede morgen" in Dutch (a language of the Netherlands and Belgium).
If you travel to one of the Scandinavian countries, learn to pronounce "good morning" in Norwegian, that is, "god morgen", in Swedish, that is, "god morgon", in Danish, that is, "god morgen", and in Icelandic, that is, "Góðan daginn". In Portugal you can say "bom Dia" (Portuguese), in Serbia you can say "добро јутро" (Serbian), in Hungary use "jó reggelt kívánok" (Hungarian), in Greece you can say "Καλημέρα" instead, in Croatia "dobro jutro" (Croatian), and finally you can say "добро утро" in Bulgaria (Bulgarian).
But what if you're booking a trip outside of Europe? You don't have to sacrifice good manners, but you can still say "good morning" in the language of the country you're traveling to. If you're traveling to Africa, for example, learn the Swahili "Habari za asubuhi" for countries like Somalia and Mozambique, or the Hausa expression "barka da safiya" for Niger and Nigeria. Remember that "good morning" in Arabic is written صباح الخير and pronounced "sabah alkhayr," while in Yoruba (i.e., in Nigeria, Togo, and Benin) you can say "e kaaro."
If your destination is in Asia, however, you'll need to memorize many different words, such as the Vietnamese expression "buổi sáng tốt lành." If you want to say hello in one of the world's most widely spoken languages, Chinese, you'll need to say "Zǎoshang hǎo" (written 早上好). Over half a million people speak Hindi, including in India, the United Arab Emirates, and Mauritius. You can translate the word "good morning" into Hindi with शुभ प्रभात, pronounced "shubh prabhaat." There are many Asian languages that are based on writing systems different from ours, such as Korean () and Japanese (おはよう, which is called "Ohayō"), but also Thai (อรุณสวัสดิ์, pronounced "Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒") and Nepali (शुभ - प्रभात, that is "Śubha - prabhāta").
Traveling to the United States, Canada, New Zealand, or Australia? You can speak English and greet everyone with "good morning." In South America, you can speak Portuguese in Brazil and Spanish in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, and various other Latin American countries. Curious about the language spoken on the islands? You can speak English in the Bahamas and Barbados, Creole in the Seychelles, Spanish in the Canary Islands and the Galapagos, and Hawaiian (and English) in Hawaii. For translations of "good morning" into various world languages, you can consult the list on this page.
We've seen how various European peoples greet each other throughout the day, as well as some peoples around the world. Now let's dive into the details and see how " buongiorno" translates in all the world's languages , before moving on to pronunciation in the next section.
Afrikaans - goeie more
Albanian - Miremengjes
Amharic - ምልካም እድል
Arabic - صباح الخير
Armenian - Բարӫ առավոտ
Assamese - সুপ্ৰভাত
Aymara - aski alwakipana
Azerbaijani - Sabahınız xeyir
Bambara - a' ni sɔgɔma
Basque - egun on
Bengali - সুপ্রভাত
Bhojpuri - शुभ प्रभात
Belarusian - добрай раніцы
Burmese - မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ
Bosnian - dobro jutro
Bulgarian - добро утро
Catalan - bon dia
Cebuano - maayong buntag
Czech - dobré ráno
Chichewa - m'mawa wabwino
Kyrgyz - кайырдуу таң
Chinese (simplified) - 早上好
Chinese (Traditional) - 早上好
Korean - 좋은 아침
Course - bonghjornu
Haitian Creole - Bonjou
Croatian - dobro jutro
Kurdish (kurmanji) - beyanî baş
Kurdish (Sorani) - بەیانیت باش
Danish - god morgen
Dhivehi - ordinarily
Dogri - शुभ सवेर
Hebrew - בוקר טוב
Esperanto - bonan matenon
Estonian - Tere hommikust
Ewe - ŋdi
Filipino - magandang umaga
Finnish - Hyvää huomenta
French - Bonjour
Frisian - goedei
Scottish Gaelic - madainn mhath
Galician - Bos días
Welsh - bore from
Georgian - დილა მშვიდობისა
Japanese - おはよう
Javanese - sugeng enjang
Greek - Καλημέρα
Guarani - mba'éichapa ndepyhare
Gujarati - સુપ્રભાત
Hausa - barka da safiya
Hawaiian - aloha kakahiaka
Hindi - शुभ प्रभात
Hmong - nyob zoo sawv ntxov
Igbo - ụtụtụ ọma
Ilocano - naimbag a bigat
Indonesian - Selamat pagi
English - good morning
Irish - maidin mhaith
Icelandic - Góðan daginn
Italian - good morning
Kannada - ಶುಭೋದಯ
Kazakh - қайырлы таң
Khmer - អរុណសួស្តី
Kinyarwanda - Mwaramutse
Konkani - बरी सकाळ आंवडेतां
Krio - gud mɔnin
Lao - ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ
Latvian - Labrīt
Lingala - mbote
Lithuanian - Labas rytas
Luganda - wasuze otya
Luxembourgish - Gudde Moien
Macedonian - добро утро
Maithili - सुप्रभात
Malayalam - സുപ്രഭാതം
Malay - selamat Pagi
Malagasy - salami
Maltese - Bongu
Māori - ata pai
Marathi - शुभ प्रभात
Mizo - tukchhuah nuam le
Mongolian - өглөөний мэнд
Nepali - शुभ - प्रभात
Norwegian - god morgen
Odia (oriya) - ଶୁଭ ସକାଳ
Dutch - goede morgen
Oromo - akkam bulte
Pashto - سهار په خیر
Persian - صبح بخیر
Polish - dzień dobry
Portuguese - bom Dia
Punjabi - ਸ਼ੁਭ ਸਵੇਰ
Quechua - rimaykullayki
Romanian - Buna dimineata
Russian - доброе утро
Samoan - ua mai le taeao
Sanskrit - सुप्रभातम्
Sepedi - thobela
Serbian - добро јутро
Sesotho - khotsong
Shona - mangwanani akanaka
Sindhi - صبح جو سلام
Sinhala - සුභ උදෑසනක්
Slovak - dobré ráno
Slovenian - dobro jutro
Somali - subax wanaagsan
Spanish - Buenos días
Sundanese - Wilujeng énjing
Swedish - god morgon
Swahili - Habari za asubuhi
Tajik - субҳ ба хайр
Tamil - காலை வணக்கம்
Tatar - хәерле иртә
German - Good Morning
Telugu - శుభోదయం
Thai - อรุณสวัสดิ์
Tigrino - ከመይ ሓዲርኩም
Tsonga - mixo lowunene
Turkish - günaydın
Turcomanno - ertiriň haýyrly bolsun!
Ukrainian - доброго ранку
Uyghur - خەيرلىك ئەتىگەن!
Hungarian - jó reggelt kívánok
Urdu - صبح بخیر
Uzbek - xayrli tong
Vietnamese - buổi sáng tốt lanh
Xhosa - molweni ekuseni
Yiddish - גוט מארגן
Yoruba - e kaaro
Zulu - Sawubona
If you struggle to read languages that use a different writing system than the one you're used to, you can refer to the pronunciation list below. Here you can find the pronunciation of "buongiorno" in Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Greek, Thai, Hindi, Japanese, and many other world languages.
Amharic - milikami idili
Arabic - sabah alkhayr
Armenian - Bari arravot
Bengali - Suprabhāta
Belarusian - dobraj ranicy
Burmese - main g lar nannaathkainnpar
Bulgarian - dobro utro
Chirghiso - kayırduu taŋ
Chinese (Simplified) - Zǎoshang hǎo
Chinese (Traditional) - Zǎoshang hǎo
Korean - joh-eun achim
Dhivehi - baajjeveri hen'dhuneh
Georgian - dila mshvidobisa
Japanese - Ohayō
Greek - Kaliméra
Gujarati - Suprabhāta
Hindi - shubh prabhaat
Kannada - ŚubhōdayaKazakh - qayırlı tañ
Khmer - aroun suostei
Lao-sa bai di ton sao
Macedonian - dobro utro
Malayalam - suprabhātaṁ
Marathi - Śubha prabhāta
Mongolian - öglöönii mend
Nepali - Śubha - prabhāta
Punjabi - Śubha savera
Russian - dobroye utro
Serbian - dobro jutroSinhala - subha udǣsanak
Tajik - suʙh ʙa xajr
Tamil - Kālai vaṇakkam
Telugu - Śubhōdayaṁ
Thai - Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒
Ukrainian - dobroho ranku
Yiddish - gut margn
Nowadays, with instant messaging services and social networks, it's very easy to wish each other good morning from afar. If you're looking for good morning images in all languages, funny and quirky photos and videos to send to your friends and family, you can simply download them online.
A quick Google search will find what you're looking for in seconds, from a GIF of a kitten holding a piece of paper with the words "bonjour" to a photo of snowy Berlin with the words "Guten Morgen" written on it. In your search bar, you can simply type " good morning in all languages images and videos" and scroll through the results.
Be careful about copyright, however, as some photos on the internet are protected by copyright. This means they cannot be used for marketing or advertising purposes, but can only be sent privately to friends.
With the advent of blogs and social media, for several years now, the web has been using hashtags to indicate topics and themes of interest. Wondering what the best good morning hashtag is in all languages that you can use on social media?
If you have an Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, or other account, you can often see trending good morning hashtags. Use the most popular ones if you're looking for recent content, such as #buongiorno or the more universal #goodmorning.
Other popular hashtags are those related to breakfast, such as #breakfast, #colazione, #coffee and #caffè, #coffeelover and #espresso, #bar, #cappuccino, but also #flatwhite and #cornetto. Alternatively, you can always use good morning hashtags in your own language or in foreign languages, with the words and expressions listed on this page.
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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