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the correct answer is 'good day' or maybe even 'good afternoon', but certainly not 'good morning' because we all know GIORNO is DAY
We use good day in serbia from like 9 to 5 too(6 in the summer or even later as it is still bright outside),good morning to 9 should be optimal,maybe even 10,and evening until 5-6 till the rest of the day. Good day slips its way no matter the time,force of habit. Anyways back to italian,I feel like this should have been translated as more of a hello,if not a good day. If it's more of a ''universal'' greeting,or a multitool,i still feel like it would be easier to pick up on that later on,rather than translating it as good morning,when the word in italian obviously means something day. Sorry for the lenght
Yes, ClassiDuo is correct. "Buona giornata" is used to wish a person a good day; it is not used as a greeting. For formal greetings, you can use "buongiorno" from morning until the sun starts to set, then use "buona sera." "Buon pomeriggio" is possible but not really used. "Ciao" is fine at any time with people you call by their first names (informal), and "Salve" is also fine all day long, and less formal than "buongiorno." "Buonanotte" is used when leaving people in the evening, or going to bed (just like "good night" is used in English).
Erated, you are correct but still need to be a little nicer. Why do you capitalise every word? Since you seem to love to criticise others, you ought to write correctly yourself.
I suspect JorgeRamos is not a native English speaker, as he says "not a greeting NEVER." Double negatives are not allowed in English. It makes us wonder if he means it IS a greeting SOMETIMES. Therefore, he should probably not be giving advice about English.
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Buongiorno is formal way to say good morning, good day, good afternoon and hello/goodbye. There's also another way to say good morning which is buondì or buon dì. We Italians often use giorno, sera and notte instead of buongiorno, buonasera and buonanotte.
Literally translated that is precisely what it "means", however since they use it in the mornings, they tend to ONLY accept "Good Morning". Personally, I think "Good Day" should be accepted since that is also often used in the mornings in many/most English speaking countries. However, they're being picky on it and you MUST say "Good Morning." Just FYI
DL doesn't accept "Good day" as a translation for "Buongiorno?" Only "Good morning?" How about ¨Good afternoon?" I agree "Good day" is antiquated in English, but since it's the literal translation it should be accepted. All three of these variants should be accepted! If they aren't, report them! It's important for the reverse tree too (for Italians who are learning English).
We do say "Good morning." which this is also used for. People are falling into the trap of translating word for word again. "Buongiorno" (Literally good day) is used for "Good morning" in English.
For Nata_Vi below:
It is also "Good day", that is just not as used in modern English than in olden times. It is funny that in English "Good morning" or "Good afternoon" is preferred to "Good day" and in Italian "Good day" is preferred to "Good morning" or "Good afternoon" for greetings. Buonasera means "Good evening" , but it is also used in the late afternoon. I think that is why Duolingo does not accept "Good afternoon" for "Buongiorno". They probably already used "Good afternoon" as an alternate translation for "Buonasera".
How old was your Italian tutor? Was he or she born in Italy? It is not considered "wrong" to write it as two words, as it was common in the 19th century and before. But in modern times I have yet to see a single example of a living author (or any native speaker) write it like that. Here is an article: https://learnitalianwithlucrezia.blog/2016/09/18/buon-giorno-o-buongiorno/
and a forum discussion from wordreference.com: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/buongiorno-vs-buon-giorno.1527975/
And some stats, showing that during the 20th century the frequency of writing it as one word grew: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=buongiorno&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=22&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cbuongiorno%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cbuongiorno%3B%2Cc0