𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 “𝗕𝗨𝗢𝗡 / 𝗕𝗨𝗢𝗡𝗔” 🇮🇹
In Italian, “𝗯𝘂𝗼𝗻 / 𝗯𝘂𝗼𝗻𝗮” comes from the adjective 𝗯𝘂𝗼𝗻𝗼 (good).
When it is placed 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻, Italians say “buon / buona + noun”, they are not describing something. They are wishing something positive to the other person 💛
📌 Example:
• Buona giornata! = I wish you a nice day
• Buon viaggio! = I wish you a good trip
🔹 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗔𝗥 𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗘 (𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁!)
“𝗕𝘂𝗼𝗻𝗼” 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻 that follows:
• 𝗕𝗨𝗢𝗡 → before a masculine singular noun
• 𝗕𝗨𝗢𝗡𝗔 → before a feminine singular noun
👉 The final –𝗼 / –𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 because the adjective comes 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 the noun.
✅ 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗨𝗢𝗡 (𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀)
• Buon giorno – Good morning / Good day
• Buon appetito – Enjoy your meal
• Buon compleanno – Happy birthday
• Buon viaggio – Have a good trip
• Buon lavoro – Have a good workday
• Buon divertimento – Have fun
• Buon fine settimana – Have a nice weekend
• Buon Natale – Merry Christmas
• Buon Anno – Happy New Year
✅ 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗨𝗢𝗡𝗔 (𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀)
• Buona giornata – Have a nice day
• Buona sera – Good evening
• Buona serata – Have a nice evening
• Buona notte – Good night
• Buona vacanza – Have a nice holiday
• Buona Domenica – Have a nice Sunday
• Buona Pasqua – Happy Easter
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