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"Bună ziua, el este Mihai și ea este Ioana."

Translation:Good afternoon, he is Michael and she is Jane.

1 year ago

26 Comments

So why Joan is wrong and Jane is right? It looks like splitting hairs here, especially when we are learning Romanian and not English.

Reply•1 year ago

BrainyPiratePlus

I just tried Joana and it was corrected as Ioana, but not marked wrong.

Reply•1 year ago

EmmaMitche89062

Same thing happened to me. Should translate as Joanna.

Reply•3 weeks ago

DVDan19

1) It keeps telling me that Buna ziua means good afternoon, which I'm pretty sure it's an error 2) Do we have to translate the names too ?? (I don't know if I got wrong only because of the buna ziua thing or also because of the names)

Reply•1 year ago

MikeRowen

Mod

Good afternoon is put as a best translation. But Good day is a secondary and correct answer as well. ;-) Possible translations for Mihai - Michael/Mike and for Ioana - Joan/Joanna/Jane.

Reply•1 year ago

Jan606168

My mother is called ioana and since we live in germany her name is still ioana. I dont understand why there is a need to translate it in this app

Reply•11 months ago

Sofi966016

I wrote Joanna and it was marked as a mistake

Reply•7 months ago

BrainyPiratePlus

It corrects Joana back to Ioana -- March 2017. I haven't tried Joanna (2 n's) yet.

Reply•1 year ago

Sofi966016

I tried Joanna and it was marked as wrong

Reply•7 months ago

EmmaMitche89062

Hope you reported it as it's a correct translation.

Reply•3 weeks ago

AlexM8533

you probably got it wrong because you didnt translate the names, although through all my experience with romanian all names are the same in english and romanian

Reply•1 year ago

Austrins

You don't have to translate the names. "Bună ziua" does mean "good afternoon" and if you got it wrong, I'm assuming that Duolingo wants it to mean "good afternoon" and not anything else. However, it can also mean "good day"

Reply1•1 year ago

DVDan19

Well, it's really weird, because ziua literally means day in romanian. Buna dupamasa would be the exact translation for good afternoon

Reply•1 year ago

SamiaELSharkawy

isn't it "the day" ?

Reply•1 year ago

mr.speak

"Bună ziua" is not explicit used after noon! I can also be used in the later (mid)morning. I think "Good day" is the exact translation, but uncommon (not used in English). This would equal the German "Guten Tag", which is used after the explicit Morning.

Reply•11 months ago

HarringtonSarah

Yes. You do have to translate the names. I got michael wrong because i couldnt remember how to spell it in romanian

Reply•1 year ago

CptFuzzball

Names shouldn't be translated to another language. Ioana is Ioana, not Jane. If I'd use this I'd make a complete fool of myself to my mother-in-law. She's named Ioana.

Reply•1 year ago