Good afternoon in many languages

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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.

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Language Afternoon greetings
Abkhaz Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Adyghe Уимафэ шІу
Afrikaans Goeie middag
Albanian (Gheg) Mir-dita
Albanian (Tosk) Mirëdita
Aleut Angaliichxizax̂
Aklan Mayad nga hapon
Alsatian Güete Nàchmittag
scheener Noochmiddàà
Altay Јакшы кӱн (Ĵakšı kÿn)
Amharic እንደምን ዋልክ? (i'ndemin walik?) - m
እንደምን ዋልሽ? (i'ndemin walish?) - f
አንደምን ዋሉ (i'ndemin walu) - frm
[how did you spend the day?]
Arabic
(Egyptian)
(misa' il khayr) مساء الخير
response - (misa' in noor) مساء النّور
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
(masā' al-khayr) مساء الخير
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(mselkḥīr) مساء الخير
Aragonese Buena tardi
Armenian
(Eastern)
Բարի' օր: (Bari or) - rarely used
Armenian
(Western)
Բարի կէսօր: (Paree gesor)
Assamese শুভ আবেলি (xubhô abeli)
শুভ বিয়লি (xubhô biyôli)
Asturian Bones tardes
Azerbaijani Hər vaxtınız xeyir
Salam
Balinese Rahajeng sanja, ᬭᬳᬚᭂᬂᬲᬜ᭄ᬚ
Rahajeng wengi, ᬭᬳᬚᭂᬂᬯᭂᬗᬶ
Bambara I ni tile (sg)
Aw ni tile (pl)
Bashkir хәйерле көн
(xäyyerlye kön)
Basque Arratsalde on
Bavarian Guadn åmd
Åmd
Bemba Cungulo mukwai
Mwaikaleni
'Mwaombeni
Mwashibukeni
Eya mukwai (reply)
Bhojpuri राम राम (raam raam)
Biatah Siramat ripas kumbeng
Bikol Marhay na hapon
Dyos marhay na hapon
Marhay na pagkahapon
Bislama Gud aftenun
Blaan Fye flabi
Fyē flabe
Bosnian Dobar dan
Breton Demat
Bulgarian Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Burmese မဂႆလာပၝ (min-ga-la-ba)
Cape Verdean Creole Boa tardi
Catalan Bona tarda
Cebuano Maayong Hapon
Central Dusun Kopisanangan dangadau
Osonong dangadau
Chabacano de Cavite Buenas noches
Chabacano de Zamboanga Buenas tardes
Chamorro
(Guam dialect)
Buenas tåtdes
Chamorro
(North Marianas dialect)
Buenos tatdes
Chechen Де дика хуьлда хьан (De dika xülda ẋan) - sg
Де дика хуьлда шун (De dika xülda şun) - pl
Cheyenne Pâháveéšeeva (Good day)
Pêhéveéšeeva (Good day)
Epâhávatamáno'e (It is a good day)
Epêhévatamáno'e (It is a good day)
Chichewa Mwaswela bwanji?
Ndaswela bwin (reply)
Chinese
(Cantonese)
午安 (ńgh ōn)
Chinese
(Hakka)
食晝沒? (siit8zu5mut8?)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
午安 (wǔ'ān)
Chinese
(Taiwanese)
午安 (gō-an)
Chipewyan ʔédúhų́n dzídisítł’ą́ghé ɂedlánet’é
Chuukese Neonowas annim
Chuvash Ыра кун пултӑр (Yra kun pultăr)
Coastal Kadazan Kopivosian doungadau
Cornish Dohajydh da
Corsican Bonghjornu
Croatian Dobar dan
Cuyonon Mayad nga apon
Czech Dobré odpoledne
Danish God eftermiddag
Dholuo Irio nade? (How is your day?)
Ario ma ber (My day is going well - reply)
Osaore? (How is the day?)
Osaore ahinya (The day is going well - reply)
Duala Mwese mwa bwam
Dutch Goedemiddag
Goeiemiddag
Dzongkha Nima dele
Elfdalian Gudag
Estonian Tere päevast
Ewe Ŋdɔ
Ŋdɔ na mi
Extremaduran Buena(s) tardi(s)
Alas buenas tardis
Faroese Góðan dagin
Fijian Bula
Ni sa Bula
Finnish Hyvää päivää
Päivää
Flemish (West) Ghoeie middagh
Ghoeiendagh
French Bonjour
Bon après-midi (rarely used)
Frisian (North - Mooring) Moin
Frisian (Saterland) Goejûn
Frisian (West) Goeie middei
Friulian Bundì
Galician Boa tarde
Garifuna Buiti raaban weyu
Gascon Bon vrèspe
Georgian დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
German Guten Tag
Greek (Ancient) Χαῖρε! (Khaíre!)
Χαίρετε! (Khaírete!)
Greek (Modern) Καλό απόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Greenlandic Inuugujaq
Guaraní Mba'eichapa nde ka'aru?
(How are you in the afternoon?)
Cheka'aru porâ, ha nde?
(I am having a good afternoon, and you?)
Che ka'aru porã avei
(I'm fine too)
Haitian Creole Bon apre-midi
Hausa Barka da yamma
Hawaiian Aloha ʻauinalā
Hebrew (Achar tzahara'im tovim) אחר צהריים טובים
Herero Wa uhara
Wa uhara nawa? (sg)
Mwa uhara nawa (pl)
Hiligaynon Ma-ayong Hapon
Hindi दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार
(dopahar ke bad namaskar) - rarely used
Hmong (White) Nyob zoo (common any time of day)
Nyob zoo sawv ntxov os (not common)
Nyob zoo thaum sawv ntxov (not common)
Hungarian Jó napot (kívánok)
Iban Selamat tengah hari (12-2pm)
Icelandic Góðan daginn
Góðan dag
Igbo Ndeewo
Ndewo (reply)
Iloko Naimbag a malem
Indonesian Selamat siang (late morning)
Selamat sore (late afternoon/evening)
Inuktitut ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ (Unnuhatkut/Unnusakkut)
Iñupiaq Unnusatkun
Unnuksraalluataq
Irish (Gaelic) Tráthnóna maith duit (sg)
Tráthnóna maith daoibh (pl)
Italian Buongiorno
Buon pomeriggio
Japanese こんにちは [今日は] (konnichiwa)
Javanese ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦱꦶꦪꦁ
(Sugeng siang)
Jenesch Voscha zarra
Jèrriais Bouônjour
Kabiye Ñánà wίsὶ
Kalmyk Сән бәәцхәнт! (Sän bäätsxänt!)
Kannada ಶುಭ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (shubha madhyahna)
Kaqchikel Xqaq'ij
Xqaq'ij nan (said to older females)
Xqaq'ij tat (said to older males)
Kashubian Dzén dobri
Kazakh Қайырлы күн! (Qayırlı kün!)
Khmer ទិវាសួស្ដី (tĭvéa suŏ sdei)
Khoekhoe (Nama) !Gâi tse!gâǁaeb.
Korean 안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Kurdish (Kurmanji) Rojbash
Kurdish (Sorani) Roj baş
Kven Hyyää päivää
Kyrgyz Кутмандуу күнүңүз менен!
(Kutmanduu kününgüz menen!) - sg/frm
Lao ສະບາຍດີຍາມແລງ (sabaidee yarm laeng)
ສະບາຍດີ (sabaidee)
Latgalian Loba dina
Latvian Labdien
Limburgish Gojemiddig
Lingala Mbote
Lithuanian Laba diena
Livvi-Karelian Hyviä päiviä
Low Saxon (Goden) Dag
Lozi Ki musihali
Luganda Osiibye otya nno? (How was your day?)
Bulungi, osiibye otya nno? (reply)
Lule Sámi Buorre biejvve
Luxembourgish Gudde Mëtteg
Macedonian Добар ден (Dobar den)
Maithili Dopahar ke bad namaskar
Dupaharak prannam.
Malagasy Manao ahoana e
Malay Selamat tengah hari (12-2pm)
Maldivian (Ba'ajjeveri mendhureh) ބައްއަޖޖެވުރި މެނދުރެހް
Maltese Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Mam Qa’lte
Manx (Gaelic) Fastyr mie
Māori Kia ora
Marshallese Io̧kwe in raelep
Mauritian Creole Bon apré-midi
Mon မၝဳဪအခိင္ေဒါ၀္ တၝဲရ။
Monégasque Bon girunu
Bungiurnu
Mongolian Өдрийн мэнд (Ödriin mend)
Mossi Ne y wĩndga
Nahuatl Cualli teotlac
Cualli tiotaqui
Tiotaqui
Cualli tonalli (Good day)
¿Quen ocemilhuitihuac? (How was the day?)
Nauruan Omo yekwo
Navajo Yá'át'ééh
Ngoni Habari za Muhi
Nkore Osiibirota (sg)
Nsibire gye (reply) Musiibiremuta (pl)
Osiibire gye
Ego / Eh (reply)
Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) Litshonile
Ndebele (Southern) Litjhingile
Nepali शुभ अपराह्ण (śubha aparāhṇa)
Newari / Nepal Bhasa भिं न्हि
Nogai Куьн яхшы болсын
Northern Sámi Buorre beaivvi
Ipmel atti (reply)
Northern Sotho Dumêlang
Norwegian God ettermiddag
Occitan Bon vèspre
Ojibwe Mino giizhigad ("It's a good day")
Oriya ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (Subha kharā beḷa)
Oshiwambo Wa uhala po? (sg)
MWa uhala po? (pl)
Owa uhala po nawa?
Ossetian Дæ уæ бон хорз (Dæ uæ bon xorz)
Palauan Ungil Sueleb
Papiamento Bon tardi
Pashto (wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Pennsylvania German / Dutch Gude(r) Nammidaag
Gude(r) Nummidaag
Pohnpeian Souwas mwahu
Polish Dzień dobry
Miłego popołudnia - (used when leaving)
Portuguese Boa tarde
Portuguese (Brazilian) Boa tarde
Quechua Wuynas tardis
Rapa Nui 'Iorana
Romani Lačho čo dive
Lačho čo đive
Romanian Bună ziua
Romansh Buna sera
Buna saira
Russian Добрый день! (Dobryy den'!)
Rusyn Добрый динь (Dobryj dyn’)
Sakha Үтүө күнүнэн (ytyø kynynen)
Sardinian (Logudorese) Bona tarde
Scottish Gaelic Feasgar math
Scots Guid efternuin
Serbian Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Serrano Hakup 'a'ay taamit
Shona Masikati
Masikati, maswera sei? (reply)
Sicilian Bon jornu
Bona sira
Sindhi (Asalāmu alekum) السلام عليڪم
Sinhala සුභ දවාලක් (subha dhavalak)
Slovak Dobré popoludnie (rarely used)
Slovenian Dober dan (from 8am until sunset)
Solresol Simi
Somali Galab wanaagsan
Southern Sámi Buerie biejjie
Spanish Buenas tardes
Stellingwarfs Goeiemiddag
Sundanese Wilujeng siang
Swahili Habari ya mchana
Swazi Sawubona emini yantsambama
Swedish God eftermiddag
Swiss German Gueten Abig
Guete Daag
Tagalog Magandang hapon po (frm)
Magandang hapon (inf)
Tajik Рӯз ба хайр! (Rūz ba xajr!)
Tamil (formal) மதிய வணக்கம்
(madhiya vanakkam) [ml] [fm]
Tamil (informal) மதிய வணக்க
(madhiya vanakkã) [fm]
Tatar Xäyerle kön
Telugu శుభ దినం (shubha dhinaṅ)
Tetum Botarde
Lorokraik diak
Boastarde
Tibetan ཕྱི་དྲོ་བདེ་ལེགས། (chito delek)
Tigrinya ከመይ ውዒልካ (kemey Wu’elka) m/sg
ከመይ ውዒልኪ (kemey Wu’elki) f/sg
ከመይ ውዒልኩም (kemey Wu’elkum) m/pl/frm
ከመይ ውዒልክን (kemey Wu’elkn) f/pl/frm
Tokelauan Aho
Tok Pisin Apinum
Tongan Mālō tau ma‘u e ho‘ata ni
Tsonga Inhlikanhi (sg)
Indzengha
Tsotsil Mi li'ote
Tswana Thupama e e monate
Tumbuka Mwatandala uli? (How has your day been?)
Natandara makola, kwali imwe? (I had a fine day, how about you?) - reply
Turkish Tünaydın
İyi günler
Turkmen Gündiziňiz haýyrly bolsun
Twi Me ma wo aha
Maaha
Yaa agya (reply - to an elderly man)
Yaa ɛna (reply - to an elderly woman)
Yaa anua (reply - to a sibling age mate or colleague)
Ukrainian Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Urdu (roz bākhair) روز بخير
Uyghur (Häyirlik kündüz) خەيىرلىك كۈندۈز
Uzbek Hayirli kun
Venda Ndi masiari
Ndi masiari avhudi (reply)
Venetian Bondì
Veps Hüväd päiväd
Vietnamese Xin chào
Võro Hüvvä lõunaaigo
Walloon Bondjoû
Wayuu Kale'u
Welsh P'nawn da
Prynhawn da
Westrobothnian Gow ettemidda
Wolof Jamm nga yendoo
Wymsorys Güter nömytag
Xhosa Molo (sg)
Molweni (pl)
Yapese Fal'e misii
Yiddish (A gut ovnt) א גוט אָוונט
Yoruba Ẹ ká àsán
Ká àsán
Yucatec Maya Ma'lob chi'inil K'iin
Zazaki Peroj be xêr bo
Yere be xêr bo
Zulu Sawubona (sg)
Sanibonani (pl)
Auxiliary and constructed languages
Esperanto Bonan posttagmezon
Folkspraak God aftermiddag
Interlingua Bon die
Lojban coi

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