"Hi, good day!"
Translation:Szia, jó napot!
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"Good" is literally "jó", that's why that is a better translation.
But Szép napot! can also be used as a greeting, although it is less common than Jó napot!.
(By the way, I either say Szia! or Jó napot! but never both of them together.)
Yes I was wondering the same. I am not hungarian but I livebhere and i never ever heard of Szia, jo napot. Im so surprised
"Jó napot (kívánok)" is a common greeting when meeting somebody. "Szép napot" is unusual, but not incorrect. I would probably rather use it for saying goodbye. As in "have a nice day". You can also combine the two and say "Szép jó napot!" (for meeting) :)
It's perfectly correct. In fact, it is "szia, jó napot" which sounds very unnatural. It's two greetings together, which is never used. 'Szia' is a greeting, and "szép napot!" is like 'Have a nice day!". 'Szia, szép napot!' is a common farewell greeting, *'Szia, jó napot!' never occurs.
It should be accepted, I believe.
"(További) szép napot" can be used to say goodbye (it's pretty much like "have a nice day"), and nowadays it's more and more popular as a greeting as well.
Why cant it be "Szia, jo Reggelt!"?
Because that would be "Hi, good morning."
Wait so does Napot mean mornibg and day?
nap means "day". (And "sun".)
"morning" is reggel.
So Jó reggelt! is "good morning!", while Jó napot! is "good afternoon!". (Since we don't usually use "Good day!" as a greeting in English.)
The -(o)t is the accusative case ending; it's the direct object of an implied verb kívánok "I wish (you)".
What is "Kívánok"? I'm starting to learn the language and idk the purpose of that word at the end of Jó napot?
"kívánni" is to wish. So if we want a word by word translation of "jó napot kívánok" then it would be "good day i wish (you)", and to make it more consumable "i wish (you) a good day".
Are there any other beginners who would be interested in just conversational zoom meetings, to practice?