good day in Esperanto

“Good day” in Esperanto is Bonan tagon! (BOH-nahn TAH-gohn), literally “a good day”. It is a daytime greeting and also a friendly goodbye. Both words end in -n because it is short for “(I wish you) a good day”, like PMEG’s traditional shortened sentences such as Bonan matenon!

Other ways to say it

• Bonan matenon!Good morning!
• Bonan vesperon!Good evening!
• Saluton!Hello! (works at any time of day)
• Havu bonan tagon!Have a good day!

Example sentences

• Bonan tagon!Good day!
• Bonan tagon, Tomo!Good day, Tom!

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Use Bonan matenon! before noon and Bonan vesperon! in the evening if you want to be exact; Bonan tagon! is the safe choice for the hours in between.

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