ITALIAN PHARSES
 

HI, WHY DO SOME OF THE LANGUAGE BOOKS write the THE SAME WORD DIFFERENT. LIKE ,HAVE A NICE DAY Buona giornata Or avere piacevole un giorno .Does it mean the same . <BR> thanks

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I want to know you didn't post this same question about three days ago... <BR> <BR>These are idioms. Like "Have a nice day" "All the best" " Missing you already!" <BR> <BR>The first is literally Good "what makes up a day for you" or "course of the day" - there's no literal translation; what it's trying to get over is the moving time span of a day. <BR> <BR>The second is literally "to have a pleasant day" <BR> <BR>But they mean idiomatically much the same.

Sheila, That was actually me a few days ago and I got the answer that I needed from Elaine. I have no idea why Carol has asked this question when I had it answered such a short time ago.

Unless you speak Italian, I have found only four words are needed. Hello - Bonjourno until 2PM, Hello - Buenaserra after 2PM, Thank you - Grazia, You're welcome - Prego (pardon the spelling). The people are extremely friendly and if you use the above at anytime, the locals are quite pleased to help. <BR>

I didn,t know that someone had asked the same question .I have only wrote in three times in the last month or so.I don't think I will write again .

Heh min! (as they say in this neck of the woods) I gave you a full answer..don't take offense.. it was just a total repeat of a very recent question and kind of felt like the answer hadn't been believed. <BR> <BR> <BR>Myer is kind of right too; but the more you know the better you will get on. Did I tell you about the time 9 of us ended up in Tuscany early on a Sunday morning with absolutely NO food and a 14 month old baby and no shops open? <BR> <BR>It did take more than "Good morning" and "howdy" to leave the local bar with enough bread, cheese, milk and coffee to get us to the next opportunity ofr retail therapy. <BR> <BR>please don't go. Your question was valid; and I DID answer it.