How do you wish someone a good day in Italian?

Italians use this phrase all the time, with shopkeepers, baristas, friends, but surprisingly, you won't find it in most textbooks.

Learn how to use it like a local in this special mini lesson. Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages.

The phrase in today's mini lesson will be very useful when you're leaving places in Italy

because Italians always greet and say goodbye to servers in shops and restaurants, especially if it's a small place.

So to wish someone a good day as you leave, you can say,

Buona, journata.

Literally.

Buona. Good.

Journey.

Day. And a couple of things to keep in mind. First, there's a wu sound after the b b boh bua bona jornata

also be careful not to confuse bona jornata with Buongiorno. What's the difference? We use

bongiorno to say hello, literally good day when we arrive somewhere. We use Buona

Jornata to wish someone a good day when we're leaving.

This aata ending of Gjornata refers to the passing of time.

So it makes sense that we use that one when we're leaving.

It's almost like saying have a nice rest of day.

It's the same with Buona ser serata. We use Buona serra to say hello, literally good evening

when we arrive somewhere. Can you guess how to wish them a good evening when leaving?

Buona serata. Buona serata.

So you learn one, actually two important phrases today.

The first was to wish someone a good day.

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