Figuring out the right time of day to transition from "bongiorno" to "buonasera" is tricky. I always seem to walk into a store when it's like 2:53 pm - what do I say?
Maybe it's odd in the way in which "Guten Nachmittag" sounds a bit off in German.
There doesn't seem to be anything like "Guten Tag" or "こんにちは" in Italian. I guess English doesn't have a "Good day" either, but there is a perfectly usable "Good afternoon" which, together with "Good morning" and "Good evening" covers everything.
Huh.
That's right, to say goodbye when parting. The English "Good day" can be used like that. But there's no "Good day" greeting that can be used when one meets someone.
Works in German: ,Guten Tag‘ is a common greeting when meeting.
It used to be used as the ‘good day’ parting in English. But that’s a long time ago.
Still, in English it isn’t very common anymore either, if I’m not mistaken.
"What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off.”
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