{"id":9020,"date":"2018-03-12T13:26:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T12:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/servicio-idiomas\/?p=9020\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T09:21:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T07:21:25","slug":"buen-dia-buenos-dias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/servicio-idiomas\/en\/buen-dia-buenos-dias\/","title":{"rendered":"“Buen d\u00eda” or “buenos d\u00edas”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why do we say \u201c\u00a1buenos d\u00edas!<\/em>\u201d in Spanish when the pattern in languages such as English or\u00a0French would suggest that it should be \u201c\u00a1buen d\u00eda!<\/em>\u201d (\u201c<\/em>good morning!\u201d <\/em>and \u201cbonjour!\u201d<\/em>)? Is it because we want to send good wishes for more than one day? Do we always say this or only sometimes? In this Language Bite, you will hear about why expressions like this are in the plural form.<\/p>\n

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As you can see in the Language Bite, it is a common phenomenon and you have to be aware of it or otherwise it may seem like you are translating literally from your native language.<\/p>\n

If you think about the expressions you know, we are sure you can think of more examples like this, of phrases which are plural in Spanish but singular in your language. In the following video\u00a0you can see some more of these expressions from the perspective of a native Spanish speaker.<\/p>\n