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- "Dobrý den."
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The course appears to be organized and everything is introduced very clearly in the tips and notes. Do "dobrý" and "den" mean different things on their own, or is it just one word in two parts, sort of like the English "By the way" - each of the words in it is a different word, but the whole thing translates differently?
It is exactly like the English "Good morning" or "Good afternoon", as "dobrý" = "good" and "den" = "day" (which covers both "morning" AND "afternoon"). The same applies for German "Guten Tag".
Yes, like добрый день (dóbryj denʹ) in Russian and similarly in many other languages.
Do Czech people really use Dobre rano? Because in Polish You will be understood if You use Dobry Ranek, but everyone use Dzień Dobry - no matter what time it is. And in Slovakian Tatry before 12AM I never heard dobre rano at all. Everyone was using "Dobry Den".
Yes, people do. https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10435049455-dobre-rano/
It is used in the early morning and only once though, not the whole time before noon like in English. 11AM is the time for Dobré dopoledne, not for dobré ráno, unless they are sarcastic and pointing out to the fact that you just got from your bed so late.
It is unlikely other tourists would greet you like that in the mountains. Only at the breakfast or when packing your tent or really early in the morning.
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But it seems to mean "good day" and can be used, apparently, either in the morning or afternoon. So why say it means "good morning" when it really means "good day"?
"Good day" is not very common in English (apart from the Australian g'day) but I think it really would be better to translate it literally. But I think that for example the Spanish and the Portuguese Duolingo courses also translate "buenos dias" and "bom dia" as "good morning".
good day is accepted
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