"Guten Tag, wir beginnen!"

Translation: Good day, we are beginning!

[Ethan.more]

Why could the answer not be “good afternoon” why does it have to be “good morning” or “good day”?
I thought guten Tag could mean good afternoon?

[MarkHenry714857]

Guten Tag is "good afternoon" "Good Morning" translates into "Guten Morgen." I am extremely peeved.

[terminalmage]

Would "let's begin" use a different verb tense, then? I used that instead of "we are beginning" and it was incorrect.

[Nathan173901]

That would be an imperative mood: beginnen wir.

[Sufi72]

"Good afternoon" for Guten Tag should have been accepted. Reported 30.01.19

[RonEnson]

why isn't the verb second here? there was another exercise that was along the lines of "Am Montag, beginnen wir" and this one doesn't feel right.

[BaSsGaz]

That's a separate clause, not a dependent clause.

[meephe]

Usually doesn't the verb go in the second place, but because the Good day part is a clause on its own the "we are beginning" is like its own sentence?

[Larry360773]

How is Guten Tag not hello? How literal are you people?

[PushythePirate1]

oops. I accidentally put in 'Good morning' and was surprised when it marked it correct. Is this sometimes used for good morning?

[orland0777]

Guten Tag can be: Good day/afternoon/morning!

[Andruoduo]

'we are beginning' sound so non-ideomatic to me ? Doer anyone actually use it in this context? Are there any native speakers out there ? I would have written or picked ' let us begin' if there were such an alternative. 'Lass uns anfangen' would sound bettter in German, too, though, so maybe I din not really grasp the correct siuation, but the '!' mark rules out a ''describing' intention IMHO, so...

[David735095]

Good day, we begin! Is also correct and has been treated as such in Duolongo over many past similar lesson situations. Why is it suddenly wrong now?