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.
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| Language | Have a nice day |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Lekker dag! |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Ditën e mir! |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Ditën e mirë! |
| Aleut | Slachxizax̂ malgakux̂ |
| Alsatian | A scheene Dàa |
| Altay | Кӱниҥ амыр-энчӱ ӧтсин (Kÿniñ amır-enčÿ ötsin) - inf Кӱнигер амыр-энчӱ ӧтсин (Kÿniger amır-enčÿ ötsin) - frm |
| Amharic | መልካም ቀን። (mälkam qän) መልካም ቀን ይሁንልህ። (mälkam qän yəhunəlləh) ＞m መልካም ቀን ይሁንልሽ። (mälkam qän yəhunəlləš) ＞f መልካም ቀን ይሁንላችሁ። (mälkam qän yəhunəllaččhu) - pl |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(youm sa'eed) يوم سعيد |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(atmna lk ywma tyba) اتمنى لك يوما طيبا |
| Aragonese | Qué tiengas un buen diya (inf) Qué tienga un buen diya (frm) |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
մաղտընեն լավ օր (Maghtynen lav or) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Լաւ օր ունենաս: (Lav or oonenas) |
| Assamese | দিনটো ভাল হওঁক! (dintû bhal hôûk!) |
| Azerbaijani | Yaxşı günlər! |
| Basque | Egun ona izan dezazula |
| Bavarian | Šena dåg no |
| Belarusian | Добрага дня! (Dobraha dnia) |
| Bemba | Tandalenipo umutende Bombenipo umutende |
| Bengali | দিনটি ভালো কাটুক (Dinṭi bhalo kaṭuk) |
| Bhojpuri | बढ़िया दिन रहे (badhiya din rahe) |
| Bikol | Marhay na aldaw saimo |
| Bosnian | Želim ti ugodan dan (inf) Želim vam ugodan dan (frm) |
| Breton | Devezh vat dit (inf) Devezh vat deoc'h (frm/pl) |
| Bulgarian | Приятен ден (Prijaten den) Лек ден! (Lek den) |
| Cebuano | Maayo'ng adlaw kanimo |
| Central Dusun | Sonong-sonongon tadau |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Buen dia |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Que tiene un buen dia |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Puedi ha' todu maolek (not commonly used) |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Puedi ha todo maolek |
| Chechen | Де дика хуьлда хьан (De dika xülda ẋan) |
| Chichewa | Mukhale ndi tsiku labwino |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
祝你今仔日真好的日子 (chiok lí kin á ji̍t/li̍t chin hó ê ji̍t chí) 祝你今仔日真好天 (chiok lí kin á ji̍t/li̍t chin hó thiⁿ) |
| Cornish | Lowena dhis (sg) Lowena dhywgh (pl) |
| Corsican | Vi precu una bella ghjurnata |
| Croatian | Lijep ti dan želim! (inf) Lijep Vam dan želim! (frm) |
| Cuyonon | Mayad nga adlaw kanimo! |
| Czech | Hezký den! Pěkný den! |
| Danish | Hav en god dag Fortsat god dag (Enjoy the rest of your day) |
| Dholuo | Bed maber |
| Dutch | Nog een prettige dag Nog een prettige dag toegewenst Een goede dag verder |
| Estonian | Ilusat päeva! |
| Ewe | Nkekea nenyo Ŋkekea me nenyo |
| Extremaduran | Que passibuen día! Que passis buen día! A passal buen día! |
| Faroese | Hav ein góðan dag |
| Fijian | Vanuinui vinaka ki na siga ni kua |
| Finnish | Hyvää päivänjatkoa |
| Flemish (West) | Nog ne ghoeien dagh |
| French | Bonne journée ! |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | En moien däj uk Hålt de stif |
| Frisian (West) | Noflike dei |
| Friulian | Buine zornade |
| Galician | Que teñas un bo día! |
| Georgian | წარმატებულ დღეს გისურვებთ (ts’armat’ebul dghes gisurvebt) - frm წარმატებულ დღეს გისურვებ (ts’armat’ebul dghes gisurveb) - inf |
| German | Schönen Tag noch! |
| Greek (Ancient) | Χαῖρε πολλά! (Kaíre pollá!) |
| Greek (Modern) | Νάσαι καλά! (Náse kalá!) - inf Νάστε καλά! (Náste kalá!) - frm - "May you be well" |
| Greenlandic | Aluu! Ulloq naalluarniariuk! |
| Haitian Creole | Pase yon bònn jounen Bònn jounen |
| Hebrew | שיהיה לַך יום נעים ＞f - (Sheyihiye lach yom na'im) שיהיה לְךַ יום נעים ＞m - (Sheyihiye lecha yom na'im) |
| Hindi | आप का दिन अच्छा बीते! (āp kā din acchā bīte!) |
| Hmong (White) | Thov kom koj tau txais koob hmoo tas hnub |
| Hopi | Um haalay kyangw tapkini’ymani (sg) Uma haalay kyaakyangw tapkini’ywisni (pl) (Have a fun filled day) |
| Hungarian | Szép napot! |
| Iban | Arap meh sari dik manah amai! Arap meh sari nuan manah amai! |
| Ibinda | Kala bubote |
| Icelandic | Eigðu góðan dag |
| Igbo | Ya gaziere gị taa (May it go well for you today) |
| Iloko | Mayeg ti naimbag nga aldaw kenka |
| Indonesian | Semoga harimu menyenangkan! (Wish you a fun day!) |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᓪᓗᖃᑦᓯᐊᕆᑦ (Ubluqatsiarit/Ulluqatsiarit) |
| Iñupiaq | Uvluqatchiaq Uvlulluataġutin |
| Italian | Buona giornata! |
| Japanese | 良い一日を (Yoi ichinichi o) |
| Javanese | ꦩꦸꦒꦶꦢꦶꦥꦫꦶꦁꦔꦶꦢꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ꦲꦶꦁꦏꦁꦱꦲꦺ (Mugi diparingi dinten ingkang saé) |
| Jenesch | Ruim os hydda zarra |
| Jèrriais | Bouonne journèe! |
| Kalmyk | Өдртн сән болтха (Ödrtn sän boltxa) |
| Kannada | ಶುಭ ದಿನವಾಗಲಿ (shubha dinavāgali) |
| Kaqchikel | Ki ak'u'x wakami |
| Kazakh | Күніңіз жақсы өтсін! (Küniñiz jaqsı ötsin) |
| Khmer | Mien tingay la-aw |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | !Gâi tses uhâ re. |
| Kinyarwanda | Umunsi mwiza |
| Kiribati | Tekeraoi am bong! |
| Korean | 좋은 하루 되세요 (joeun haru dweseyo) |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Roja te xwesh be! (sg) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | (Rojêkî xoş) ێك ڕۆژ باشى هەيە! |
| Kyrgyz | Күнүңүз жакшы өтсүн! (Kününgüz jaksy ötsün!) - sg/frm |
| Lakota Sioux | Aŋpétu wašté yuhá yo (m>sg) Aŋpétu wašté yuhá ye (f>sg) Aŋpétu wašté yuhá po (m>pl) Aŋpétu wašté yuhá pe (f>pl) |
| Lao | ມີວັນທີ່ດີ! (mi van thidi) |
| Latin | Die dulci fruimini |
| Latvian | Lai jums laba diena |
| Lingala | Mokolo malamu |
| Lithuanian | Geros dienos! |
| Low Saxon | Goden Dag noch! |
| Lozi | Ube ni lizazi lelinde |
| Luganda | Siiba bulungi (sg) Musiibe bulungi (pl) |
| Luxembourgish | e schéinen Dag |
| Macedonian | Пријатен ден (Priyaten den) |
| Magahi | तोर दिन बढियाँ रहे /t̪or d̪ɪn bəɽʱɪjãː rəheː/ |
| Malagasy | Mirary anao tontolo andro mahafinaritra |
| Malay | Semoga hari anda baik sahaja |
| Malayalam | നല്ല ദിവസം (nalla divasam) |
| Maldivian | (Ba'ajjeveri dhuvahey) ބައްއަޖޖެވުރި ދުވަހެޔ |
| Maltese | Il-ġurnata t-tajba |
| Mam | B’a’n q’ij teya |
| Māori | Kia ora Ata mārie Mōrena |
| Marathi | सुखी रहा (sukhi rahā) आनंदी रहा (anandi rahā) तुमचा दिवस चांगला जाओ! (tumcha divas changla jao) |
| Mazandarani | (śimi ruz xeś bu!) شمه روژ خش بوئه |
| Meänkieli | Hyvvää päivänjatkoa! |
| Moldovan | О зи бунэ! (O zi bune!) |
| Mongolian | Өдрийг сайхан өнгөрүүлээрэй (Odriig saihan ongoruuleerei) |
| Mossi | Wend na sõnsg laafi |
| Muscogee (Creek / Seminole) | Ē vketēcēt ayecken |
| Nahuatl | Ma cualli tōnalli |
| Navajo | Nizhónígo Nee Ado’ááł |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Ube lelanga elihle |
| Ndebele (Southern) | Ube nelanga elimnandi |
| Nepali | शुभ दिन (śubha dina) |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | दिं बां लायेमा। |
| Ngoni | Uyendelela huli |
| Niuean | Monuina e aho |
| Northern Sámi | Sávan buori beaivvi |
| Northern Sotho | Eba le letšatši le lebotse |
| Norwegian | Ha en fin dag |
| Occitan | Bona jornada! |
| Oʼodham | Pt o stahad id i tashkaj |
| Oriya | ସୁଭ ଦିନ (Subha din) |
| Otomi (Querétaro) | Gi pe̲ts'i 'nar hño pa! |
| Papiamento | Pasa bon dia Pasa un bon dia |
| Pashto | (kha woraz walary) ښه ورز ولری |
| Persian (Farsi) | روز خوبي داشته باشيد! (ruze xubi dâšte bâšid!) inf - روز خوبی داشته باشی |
| Picard | Eune boinne jornée ! |
| Polish | Miłego dnia! |
| Portuguese | Tem um bom dia! |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Tenha um bom dia! Tenha você um bom dia! |
| Punjabi | ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਦਿਨ ਚੰਗਾ ਲੰਘੇ / تہاڈا دِن چنگا لنگھے (tuhādā din changā langhe) |
| Romanian | Îți doresc Vă doresc o zi plăcută! |
| Russian | Хорошего дня! (Khoroshevo dnya!) |
| Rusyn | Вшытко найлїпше (Všytko hajljipše) |
| Sakha | Үчүгэй күнү баҕарабын (Ycygei kyny baɣarabɯn) |
| Samoan | Ia manuia le aso |
| Samogitian | Geruos dėinuos! |
| Sanskrit | सुदिनमस्तु (sudinamastu) |
| Scots | Hae a guid day |
| Serbian | Пријатан дан желим (Prijatan dan želim) |
| Shona | Uve nezuva rakanaka (sg) Muve nezuva rakanaka (pl) |
| Sicilian | Bona jurnata |
| Sinhala | සුභ දවසක් (subha davasak) |
| Slovak | Pekný deň! Pekný deň prajem! |
| Slovenian | Lep dan vam želim! (frm) Lep dan ti želim! (inf) |
| Somali | Maalin wanaagsan! |
| Sorbian (Lower) | Rědny źeń! |
| Sorbian (Upper) | Rjany dźeń Mějće so rjenje |
| Spanish | ¡Que pase un buen día! ¡Que tengas un buen día! (inf) ¡Que tenga Usted un buen día! (frm) |
| Sundanese | Wilujeng dinten nu saé ("May you have a good day") |
| Swahili | Nakutakia siku njema! |
| Swazi | Ube nelusuku loluhle! |
| Swedish | Ha en trevlig dag! Ha en bra dag! |
| Swiss German | Ich wünsch Ihne e schöne Daag (frm) Ich wünsch Dir e schöne Daag (inf) |
| Tagalog | Magandang araw sa'yo! Magandang araw sa iyo! |
| Tajik | Рӯзи хуш! (Rūzi xuš) |
| Tamil (formal) | இந்த நாள் இனிய நாளாக அமையட்டும் (indha naal iniya naalaaga amayattum) [ml] [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | இந்த நாள் இனிய நாளா அமையட்டு (indha naal iniya naalaa amaiyattũ) [fm] |
| Tatar | Xäyerle Kön |
| Telugu | శుభ దినం (shubha dhinaṅ) |
| Tetum | Sorte diak ba loron ohin |
| Thai | มีวันที่ดี! (Mī wạn thī̀ dī) |
| Tibetan | ཉིན་མོ་བདེ་ལེགས། (nyinmo delek) |
| Tigrinya | ደሓን ውዓሉ (deHan wˋalu) |
| Tokelauan | Manuia te aho! |
| Tok Pisin | Kisim gutpela de |
| Tongan | Ma'u ha aho lelei |
| Tsonga | U va ni siku lerinene (sg) Mi va ni siku lerinene (pl) |
| Tsotsil | Ech'ukme lek abun li k'ak'ale |
| Tswana | Tlhôla sentle |
| Turkish | İyi günler! |
| Tuvaluan | Manuia te aso! |
| Ukrainian | Гарного дня (Harnoho dnja) |
| Urdu | آپ کا دن اچھا گزرے (ap ka din acha guzrae) |
| Uyghur | (Küningiz köngüllük bolsun) كۈنىڭىز كۆڭۈللۈك بولسۇن |
| Uzbek | Yahshi ishlang! |
| Venda | Vha vhe na duvha lavhudi |
| Venetian | Pasa na bèƚa xornada Pasa na bona xornada |
| Võro | Hüvva päivä! |
| Walloon | Passez one bone djoûrnéye |
| Wayuu | Anasü wattamat |
| Westrobothnian | Hade n bra n da |
| Wolof | Yendu ak jàam |
| Xhosa | Ube nemini emnandi (sg) Nibe nemini emnandi (pl) |
| Yiddish | (Hot a gutn tog) האָט א גוטן טאָג |
| Yoruba | Oni a dara o |
| Yucatec Maya | Ka manseché ma'lob kiin Ka'ajxi'ikte'ex utsil Ka'aj xi'iktech utsil |
| Zazaki | Rojweş Roja to weş ba Roja to rind ba Roja şima weş ba Roja şima rind ba |
| Zulu | Ube nosuku oluhle! (sg) Nibe nosulu ulohle! (pl) |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Bonan tagon al vi! |
| Interlingua | Ha un bon die! |
| Lojban | .a'o xamgu djedi |
| Quenya | Nai aurelya nauva mára! |
| Volapük | Labolös deli gudik! |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Some notes on the usage of this phrase in German
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa080299.htm
Welcome | Hello | How are you? | Long time no see | What's your name? | Where are you from? | Pleased to meet you | Good morning | Good afternoon | Good evening | Good night | Goodbye | Good luck | Cheers! | Have a nice day | Have a nice weekend | Bon appetit | Bon voyage | Yes, No | Maybe | I don't know | Do you understand? | I understand | I don't understand | Please speak more slowly | Please say that again | Please write it down | Do you speak English? | Do you speak [your language]? | I'm learning [your language] | How do you say ... in [your language]? | Speak to me in [your language] | Excuse me | I would like ... | How much is this? | Sorry | Please | Thank you | Where's the toilet? | This gentleman/lady will pay for everything | Would you like to dance? | Do you come here often? | I miss you | I love you | Get well soon | Go away! | Leave me alone! | Help! | Fire! | Stop! | Call the police! | Merry Christmas | Happy New Year | Happy Easter | Happy Birthday | Congratulations | One language is never enough | My hovercraft is full of eels
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