Dober den (добър дeн)

This is ‘good day’. Dober is ‘good’, den is’ ‘day’. There doesn’t seem to be a common greeting for the afternoon, but you can say dobra vecher (добра вечер) for ‘good evening’ and dobro outro (добро утро) for ‘good morning’. The ‘good’ part changes because of the gender: day is masculine, evening is feminine and morning is neutral. If you want to be less formal (and avoid getting confused by the whole gender palaver) the rough equivalent of ‘hello’ is zdraveite (здравейте) – or just zdravei if you know the person really well – and zdrasti (здрасти) is the equivalent of ‘hi’.