Bonne journée meaning
Hi,

I know that bonne journée means "good day/have a good day," but I am a bit fascinated by the context it's used sometimes.

Specifically, sometimes my friends write "bonne journée" at the end of a text message, which I find bizarre. In English, it is a bit formal/strange to end a text like this to a friend.

Also, someone once texted to cancel plans and ended with "bonne journée," which seemed really cold!

Is the phrase not always a literal "have a good day?"

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Bonne journée meaning
Hi,

I know that bonne journée means "good day/have a good day,"  but I am a bit fascinated by the context it's used sometimes.

Specifically, sometimes my friends write  "bonne journée" at the end of a text message, which I find bizarre. In English, it is a bit formal/strange to end a text like this to a friend.

Also, someone once texted to cancel plans and ended with "bonne journée," which seemed really cold!

Is the phrase not always a literal "have a good day?"

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Its equivalent in English would be something like: Have a nice day!

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I would even recommend you to only use this phrase with your friends,close colleagues and family in a mail. It is not a very formal way to end a message.

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In French they not always use have a good day, but there is no problem with that and also beware, you should never translate word by word because Language is translated by the own understanding of a nation, culture etc. So bonne=good, journée= day, maybe it seems cold if you try to translate in English, but, that really means i wish you a good day instead to say ''je te souhaite une excellente journée '''.

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