good morning

English

English phrasebook

This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness. For other English entries on this topic, see Greetings.

Alternative forms

• good morrow
• (noun): goodmorning, good-morning

Etymology

From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good +‎ morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/

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Interjection

good morning

1. Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.

   The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls."

   • 2019 December 15, Hugh Graham, Alice Hutton, “Milk or tea first? Charles's butlers have the answer”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,188, page 5:

     Other rules learnt by butlers include lighting candles 15 minutes before guests enter a room, and not saying "good morning" to guests until you are 5ft away.

2. (less common, more formal) A parting in the morning.

   Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning.

3. (by extension, humorous) Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day).

   Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning!

4. (by extension, informal) Said to someone who has come to a belated realization.

   You're just realizing that now? Good morning!

Usage notes

• May be shortened in casual speech to morning.
• As a greeting, may be used by anyone in almost any setting from the most casual to the most formal, close friend or stranger, regardless of age, social group, etc.

Coordinate terms

• good afternoon
• good day
• good evening
• good morrow
• good night

Translations

when seeing someone for the first time in the morning

• Abkhaz: уа, шьыжьы бзиа (wa, šəžə bzja)
• Afrikaans: goeie môre (af)
• Agutaynen: mo-yang damaldamal
• Ainu: イランカラㇷ゚テ (irankarapte)
• Albanian: mirëmëngjes
• Aleut: qilachxizax
• Ambonese Malay: pagi
• American Sign Language: GOOD + MORNING
• Amharic: እንደምን አደርክ (ʾəndämn ʾädärk) (to a male), እንደምን አደርሽ (ʾəndämn ʾädärš) (to a female)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: hon dah (men)

• Arabic: صَبَاح الْخَيْر (ar) (ṣabāḥ al-ḵayr), صَبَاح النُّور (ṣabāḥ an-nūr) (in reply)

  Egyptian Arabic: صباح الخير (ṣabāḥ il-ḵēr)

  Moroccan Arabic: صباح الخير (ṣbāḥ el-ḵīr, ṣbāḥ el-ḵayr)

• Aramaic: צַפְרָא טָבָא (ṣap̄rā ṭāḇā)

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (qaydāmtā ṭāḇtā), ܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ṣaprā ṭāḇā), ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ (qaydāmtūḵ brīḵtā) (formal; to a male), ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ (qaydāmtāḵ brīḵtā) (formal; to a female), ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ (qaydāmtāwḵōn brīḵtā) (formal; to a group)

  Classical Syriac: ܒܪܝܺܟ ܨܰܦܪܳܐ (brikh safro)

• Armenian: բարի լույս (hy) (bari luys)
• Asturian: bonos díes (ast)
• Avar: радал лъикӏ (radal lˢikʼ)
• Azerbaijani: sabahın xeyir, sabahınız xeyir pl
• Basque: egun on (eu)
• Belarusian: до́брай ра́ніцы (dóbraj ránicy)
• Bengali: শুভ সকাল (śubho śokal), সুপ্রভাত (bn) (śuprobhat) (formal)
• Bikol Central: marhay na aga
• Breton: demat (br)
• Bulgarian: добро́ у́тро (bg) (dobró útro)
• Burmese: ကောင်းသောနံနက်ခင်း (kaung:sau:namnakhkang:)
• Catalan: bon dia (ca)
• Cebuano: maayong buntag
• Chechen: ӏуьйре дика йойла (ˀüüre dika jojla)
• Chichewa: (greeting) mwadzuka bwanji?, (response) ndadzuka bwino
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 早晨 (yue) (zou² san⁴)

  Eastern Min: 早頭好／早头好 (cā-tàu hō̤)

  Hakka: 恁早 (án-chó), 奧嗨喲／奥嗨哟 (ò-hai-yo)

  Hokkien: 𠢕早 (zh-min-nan) (gâu-chá)

  Mandarin: 早 (zh) (zǎo), 早上好 (zh) (zǎoshanghǎo), 早安 (zh) (zǎo'ān), 你早 (nǐ zǎo)

  Wu: 儂早／侬早 (⁶non ⁵tsau)

• Coeur d'Alene: qhest twe skwitstm
• Cornish:

  Common Cornish, Standard Written Form: myttin da

  Standard Cornish: myttyn dâ

• Czech: dobré ráno (cs)
• Danish: godmorgen (da)
• Dutch: goedemorgen (nl), goeiemorgen (nl)
• Dzongkha: དྲོ་པ་བདེ་ལེགས། (dro pa bde legs)
• Elfdalian: gumåron
• Esperanto: bonan matenon, bonan tagon
• Estonian: tere hommikust (et)
• Ewe: ŋdi
• Faroese: góðan morgun
• Finnish: hyvää huomenta (fi), huomenta (fi)
• French: bonjour (fr), (only Canada, Louisiana, Missouri, New England) bon matin (fr)
• Galician: bo día, bos días
• Garifuna: buiti bináfi
• Garo: pringnam
• Georgian: დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mšvidobisa)
• German: guten Morgen (de)
• Greek: καλημέρα (el) (kaliméra)
• Greenlandic: kumoorn
• Hausa: ina kwana
• Hawaiian: aloha kakahiaka
• Hebrew: בֹּקֶר טוֹב (bóker tov), בֹּקֶר אוֹר (bóqer or) (in reply)
• Hiligaynon: maayong aga
• Hindi: सुप्रभात (hi) (suprabhāt), नमस्ते (hi) (namaste), नमस्कार (hi) (namaskār), सुबह बख़ैर (subah baxair) (Muslim)
• Hungarian: jó reggelt (hu), jó reggelt kívánok (hu)
• Iban: selamat pagi
• Icelandic: góðan daginn (is), daginn, góðan dag (is)
• Ido: bona matino
• Igbo: ụ̀tụtụ̀ ọma (ig) (sometimes nonstandard)
• Ilocano: naimbag a bigat
• Indonesian: selamat pagi (id)
• Inuktitut: ublaahatsiatkut
• Irish: maidin mhaith
• Italian: buon giorno, buongiorno (it)
• Japanese: おはようございます (ja) (ohayō gozaimasu) (polite), おはよう (ja) (ohayō) (informal), おはようさん (ohayō san) (Kansai)
• Javanese: sugeng enjing
• K'iche': saqarik
• Kankanaey: good morning
• Kapampangan: mayap a abak
• Karelian: hyviä huondestu
• Kazakh: қайырлы таң (qaiyrly tañ)
• Khmer: សុប្រាត (km) (sopraat), អរុណសួស្តី (ʼaʼrun suəsdəy), អរុណសុវត្ថិ (ʼaʼrun sovattheʼ)
• Korean: 안녕하세요 (ko) (annyeonghaseyo), 좋은 아침이에요 (jo'eun achimieyo), 좋은 아침입니다 (jo'eun achimimnida)
• Kumyk: танг яхшы болсун (tañ yaxşı bolsun)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بەیانیت باش (beyanît baş)

  Northern Kurdish: spêde baş (ku), sibe baş (ku), sibe bixêr (ku)

• Kyrgyz: кутмандуу таң (kutmanduu taŋ)
• Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (sa bāi dī)
• Latin: salvē (la)
• Latvian: labrīt (lv), labs rīts
• Lithuanian: lãbas rýtas
• Luganda: wasuze otyanno?
• Luo: oyawore
• Luxembourgish: Moien (lb), gudde Moien
• Macedonian: до́бро у́тро (dóbro útro)
• Malay: selamat pagi (ms)
• Malayalam: സുപ്രഭാതം (ml) (suprabhātaṁ)
• Maltese: l-għodwa t-tajba, bonġu (mt), bonġornu
• Manx: moghrey mie
• Maori: ata mārie
• Mòcheno: guat morng
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: өглөөний мэнд (öglöönii mend)

• Navajo: yáʼátʼééh abíní
• Nepali: भीं सुथ (bhī̃ suth)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓari za husha?
• Norman: bouônjour à matîn (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: god morgen (no), morn (no)

  Nynorsk: god morgon, morn

• Okinawan: 起きみそーちー (うきみそーちー, ukimisōchī), 起きてぃ (うきてぃ, ukiti) (informal), 起きみしぇーびてぃ (うきみしぇーびてぃ, ukimishēbiti) (formal)
• Old English: gōdne morgen
• Old Prussian: kaīls ankstāinai
• Old Tupi: tiá nde ko'ema
• Palauan: ungil tutau
• Pangasinan: masantos ya kabwasan
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: صُبْح بَخَیْر (fa) (subh baxayr)

  Dari: صُبْح بَخَیْر (fa) (subh baxayr)

  Iranian Persian: صُبْح بِخِیْر (fa) (sobh bexeyr)

• Polish: dzień dobry (pl)
• Portuguese: bom dia (pt)
• Potawatomi: mno waben
• Romani: laćhi texarin
• Romanian: bună dimineața (ro)
• Romansch: bun di
• Russian: до́брое у́тро (ru) (dóbroje útro), до́брого у́тра (dóbrovo útra), с до́брым у́тром (s dóbrym útrom)
• Sami:

  Inari: pyeri iiđeed

  Northern: buorrẹ iđit

  Skolt: tue´lääst

  Southern: buerie aerede

• Samoan: manuia le taeao
• Santali: ᱥᱟ.ᱜᱩᱱ ᱥᱮᱛᱟᱜ (sa.gun setak’)
• Scottish Gaelic: madainn mhath
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: добро јутро

  Roman: dobro jutro

• Sicilian: salutamu, bona jurnata, bonu jornu, jornu bonu
• Slovak: dobré ráno
• Slovene: dobro jutro
• Somali: subax-wanaagsan
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: dobre zajtšo

  Upper Sorbian: dobre ranje, (answer) dobre spodobanje

• Spanish: buenos días (es), buen día (es), (informal) buenas (es)
• Sranan Tongo: kumorgu, morgu
• Swahili: habari ya asubuhi, subulkheri (used by Muslims)
• Swedish: god morgon (sv), goder morgon (dated, poetic)
• Tagalog: magandang umaga (tl)
• Tajik: субҳ ба хайр (subh ba xayr), субҳатон ба хайр (subhaton ba xayr)
• Tamil: காலை வணக்கம் (kālai vaṇakkam)
• Tatar: хәерле иртә (xäyerle irtä)
• Telugu: శుభోదయం (te) (śubhōdayaṁ)
• Tetum: bon dia
• Thai: อรุณสวัสดิ์ (th) (à-run-sà-wàt), สวัสดี (th) (sà-wàt-dii)
• Tibetan: སྔ་དྲོ་བདེ་ལེགས (snga dro bde legs)
• Tongan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: günaydın (tr), iyi sabahlar (tr), hayırlı sabahlar (tr)
• Turkmen: ertiriňiz haýyrly bolsun
• Tz'utujil: sakari
• Udmurt: ӟечбуресь (dźećbureś)
• Ukrainian: до́брого ра́нку (dóbroho ránku), до́брий ра́нок (dóbryj ránok)
• Urdu: صُبْح بَخَیر (subh baxair)
• Uzbek: xayrli tong
• Veps: hüväd homendest
• Vietnamese: chào buổi sáng
• Welsh: bore da
• West Frisian: goemoarn, moarn (fy)
• Winnebago: hainį pįį
• Yiddish: גוט־מאָרגן (yi) (gut-morgn)
• Yoruba: ẹ káàárọ̀ (polite), káàárọ̀ (non-polite)
• Yucatec Maya: ma'alob k'iin
• Zulu: sawubona (zu) (familiar), sanibonani (plural, respectful)

Noun

good morning (plural good mornings)

1. A greeting consisting of the interjection.
2. (weightlifting) An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:good morning.

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from English good morning.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌɡud moɾˈniŋ/ [ˌɡod̚ mʊɾˈni̞ŋ]
    • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • IPA^(key): /ˌɡud moɾˈneŋ/ [ˌɡod̚ mʊɾˈneŋ]
    • Rhymes: -eŋ
• Syllabification: good mor‧ning

Interjection

good morning (common)

1. good morning (used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.)

Usage notes

• There is no equivalent to the greeting "good morning" in Kankanaey. Greetings are done using non-verbal means or is implied through different sentences. Other translations are literal but are not commonly used, while others are used in the sense to start a speech.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of good morning

Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	parts of Sabangan	good morning
	Sagada	good morning gawis nan morning
Others
Benguet	Atok	good morning siged ay agsapa
	Tuba	mayat ay agew
Southern / Central
Benguet	Mankayan	mayat ay agsapa
	Kapangan	good morning mapteng ay agew
	Kibungan	mayat ay agsapa siged ay agsapa
	Buguias	mayat ay agew
Mt. Province	Sabangan	good morning

• gawis ay agew
• gawis ay agsapa
• gawis ay wakgat