Wishing someone a good day is a universal gesture of kindness and well-wishing that transcends cultural and linguistic boundaries. Across the globe, this simple but meaningful expression varies in phraseology but carries the same warm intent. Today, we embark on a linguistic journey to explore how to say “have a good day” in 70 different languages. This exploration not only enriches our vocabulary but also deepens our appreciation for the diverse ways people around the world share good wishes with each other.
- Afrikaans (🇿🇦) – Lekker dag | Pronunciation: Leh-ker dahg
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Keni një ditë të mirë | Pronunciation: Keh-nee nyeh dee-teh teh mee-reh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – يوم سعيد (Yowm sa‘eed) | Pronunciation: Yawm sa-eed
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Շնորհավոր օր (Shnorhavor or) | Pronunciation: Shnor-hah-vor or
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Gözəl gün | Pronunciation: Goe-zel goon
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Egun on | Pronunciation: Eh-goon on
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Добры дзень (Dobry dzień) | Pronunciation: Doh-bry dzien’
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ভালো দিন কাটুক (Bhalo din katuk) | Pronunciation: Bha-lo deen ka-tuk
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Ugodan dan | Pronunciation: Oo-go-dan dan
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Приятен ден (Priyaten den) | Pronunciation: Pree-ya-ten den
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Que tinguis un bon dia | Pronunciation: Ke tin-gees oon bon dee-ah
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Hezký den | Pronunciation: Hez-kee den
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Hav en god dag | Pronunciation: How en go dahg
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Fijne dag | Pronunciation: Fine-eh dahg
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Have a good day | Pronunciation: Have a good day
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Head päeva | Pronunciation: Hed pay-va
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – روز خوبی داشته باشید (Rooz khubi dashte bashid) | Pronunciation: Rooz khoobi dashte ba-sheed
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Hyvää päivää | Pronunciation: Hoo-vaa pie-vaa
- French (🇫🇷) – Bonne journée | Pronunciation: Bone zhoor-nay
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – კარგი დღე გაქვთ (Kargi dge gakvt) | Pronunciation: Kar-gi dge gahkvt
- German (🇩🇪) – Einen schönen Tag noch | Pronunciation: Eye-nen shurn-en Tahg noh
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Καλή μέρα (Kalí méra) | Pronunciation: Ka-lee meh-rah
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – יום טוב (Yom tov) | Pronunciation: Yohm tohv
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – आपका दिन अच्छा जाए (Aapka din achha jaaye) | Pronunciation: Aap-ka deen a-chha jaa-ye
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Jó napot | Pronunciation: Yo nah-pot
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Eigðu góðan dag | Pronunciation: Ey-gthu go-than dahg
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Semoga harimu menyenangkan | Pronunciation: Seh-mo-ga ha-ree-moo men-ye-nang-kan
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Bíodh lá maith agat | Pronunciation: Bee-oh law mah ah-gut
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Buona giornata | Pronunciation: Bwo-na jor-na-ta
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 良い一日を (Yoi ichinichi o) | Pronunciation: Yoh-ee ee-chee-nee-chee oh
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жақсы күн болсын (Jaqsy kün bolsyn) | Pronunciation: Zjahk-sy koon bol-sin
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – មានថ្ងៃល្អ (Mean thgnai laor) | Pronunciation: Mee-an thngai la-or
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 좋은 하루 되세요 (Joeun haru doeseyo) | Pronunciation: Jo-eun ha-roo doe-se-yo
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Rojek baş | Pronunciation: Roh-jek bahsh
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жакшы күн болсун (Jaqşy kün bolsun) | Pronunciation: Dzhak-shy koon bol-soon
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຫາວດີ (Have a good day) | Pronunciation: Hav dee
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Lai tev laba diena | Pronunciation: Lai tev lah-bah dee-eh-nah
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Geros dienos | Pronunciation: Geh-ros dee-eh-nos
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Hutt en schéinen Dag | Pronunciation: Hutt en shay-nen Dahg
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Имајте убав ден (Imajte ubav den) | Pronunciation: Ee-my-te oo-bav den
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Semoga hari anda baik | Pronunciation: Seh-mo-ga ha-ree an-da baik
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ikollok ġurnata tajba | Pronunciation: Ee-kol-lok jour-nah-tah tay-bah
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 祝你有个好日子 (Zhù nǐ yǒu gè hǎo rìzi) | Pronunciation: Joo nee yo ge how rih-tzuh
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – तुमचा दिवस छान जावो (Tumchā divas chān jāvo) | Pronunciation: Too-mcha dee-vas chaan ja-voh
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Сайхан өдөр байг (Saihan ödör baig) | Pronunciation: Sai-khan ur-dur bai-g
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – तपाईंको दिन राम्रो गुज्रोस् (Tapā’īṅko din rāmro gujros) | Pronunciation: Tah-pai-inko deen ram-ro guj-ros
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Ha en god dag | Pronunciation: Hah en goh dahg
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – نیکمرغه ورځ ولره (Nekmargha wrzh wlarh) | Pronunciation: Nayk-mar-gha warz wuh-lar-ha
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – روز خوبی داشته باشید (Rooz khubi dashte bashid) | Pronunciation: Rooz khoobi dashte ba-sheed
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Miłego dnia | Pronunciation: Mee-weh-go dnee-ah
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Tenha um bom dia | Pronunciation: Ten-ha oon bom dee-ah
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – O zi bună | Pronunciation: O zee boo-nah
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Хорошего дня (Khoroshego dnya) | Pronunciation: Kho-ro-sheh-go dnya
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Имaјте лeп дaн (Imajte lep dan) | Pronunciation: Ee-my-teh lep dan
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සුභ දවසක් වේවා (Subha dawasak vewa) | Pronunciation: Su-bha da-vasak vay-wa
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Pekný deň | Pronunciation: Pek-nee dyen
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Lep dan | Pronunciation: Lep dan
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Maalin wanaagsan | Pronunciation: Mah-lin waa-nah-gsan
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Que tengas un buen día | Pronunciation: Kay ten-gas oon bwen dee-ah
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Uwe na siku njema | Pronunciation: Oo-weh nah see-koo njeh-mah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Ha en bra dag | Pronunciation: Hah en brah dahg
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Рӯзи хуб дошта бошед (Rūzi khub doshta boshed) | Pronunciation: Roo-zi khoob dosh-ta bo-shed
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – நல்ல நாள் வாழ்த்துக்கள் (Nalla nāḷ vāḻttukkaḷ) | Pronunciation: Nah-lla naal vahz-thuk-kal
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – మంచి రోజు కలగాలని (Manchi roju kalagalani) | Pronunciation: Man-chee ro-ju ka-la-ga-la-nee
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ขอให้มีวันที่ดี (K̄hx h̄ı̂ mī wạn thī̀ dī) | Pronunciation: Kor hai mee wan tee dee
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – İyi günler | Pronunciation: Ee-yee goon-ler
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Гарного дня (Harnoho dnya) | Pronunciation: Har-no-ho dnya
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – آپ کا دن اچھا گزرے (Aap ka din achha guzre) | Pronunciation: Aap ka din acha guz-ray
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Yaxshi kun | Pronunciation: Yah-shi koon
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Chúc bạn một ngày tốt lành | Pronunciation: Chook ban mot ngai toht lahn