How to say Good Morning?
How to say Good Morning
Helen-F12
February 13, 2014
Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
February 13, 2014
Buenos días!
Dan-H24
February 14, 2014
Helen: this is one of those places where English and Spanish don't directly correspond. If you translate buenos días directly into English it is good day, which means something different in this language, whereas buenas tardes and buenas noches translate perfectly.
My personal favorite, and a good reason for a man to learn Spanish, is the word manaña, since it can mean in the morning, tomorrow, or some other time in the future. So when mi querida asks me to do something I answer, "si, manaña." I am covered no matter how long I decide to procrastinate! How can you not love a language like this!
maha266
September 15, 2014
Dan H24, is there a word can be used all day? like good day or something like that as in english (have a nice day) ! not only in morning in cause if i got confused in some times
Dan-H24
September 15, 2014
Maha: no, I don't think there is a close substitute for buenos diás, buenas tardes, and buenas noches. It is really not that difficult to learn.
Steven-W15
September 15, 2014
"¡Que tengas un buen día!"
I was surprised to hear this in a Mexican restaurant as I was leaving as it is such a literal equivalent but, sure enough...
Dan-H24
September 15, 2014
Good point, Steven. I had forgotten about this. One time when I was leaving my favorite restaurant my friend Estela said that to me.
Steven-W15
September 15, 2014
It's great you have Spanish speaking friends to interact with, Dan. That's the one thing I really miss here.
This expression still "feels" way too American for me. I think the more popular expression is: "¡Que te vaya bien!"
Dan-H24
September 15, 2014
It is good, but I only see them when I go into their restaurant. But the cool thing is, they are going to be in Havana visiting family at the same time I will be there in December, so I am going to get to hang out with a whole bunch of Cubans. If that doesn't ratchet up my comprehension, nothing will!
Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
September 17, 2014
Hola!
Que tengas buen día, buen día, buenos días, que te vaya bien, que te la pases bien, que lo pases bien, que tengas un buen día, que tengas un lindo día, and the lazy one: "buenas" (we sometimes just say "buenas" , keeping the 'tardes' and/or 'noches" out of the sentence,) but we rarely use it with "buenos"as in buenos dias!
Saludos!
Steven-W15
September 18, 2014
Funny. Like in English we sometimes say only "morning" - the same in Germany. I picked this up in a flash when I was passing through there (I say this because I know you are learning German, Cristian). In the elevator, I could say with the exact same intonation "Morgan" (not looking at the person, fast, no smile...) and if that's all I said, I passed myself off as a native...
Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
September 18, 2014
Ja Steven, das ist richtig! (yes, steven, that is right)
You just need to say, 'morgen' and that's it!
Buenas!
saludos!
Steven-W15
September 18, 2014
Trust me on this one, Cristian.
If you look at the person, if you say "morgen" slow (thanks for the spelling correction), if you smile - o, please, NEVER smile - you will totally blow it! If you do any of these, you will actually have to say, "Guten morgen" and engage the person, thereby blowing your cover.
Go native. Sneer first, then morgen. ;-)
Ava Dawn
September 19, 2014
Ok. If I go through Germany and happened to be in an elevator in a hotel, I would know to not smile (very difficult) and say morgen, not guten morgen. Good tip. I also like just saying "buenas" instead of "buenas tardes o noches"
Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
September 19, 2014
Danke , Steven!
I will do that!
Bis dann!
Saludos!