"Bonan nokton, ĝis la revido!"
Translation:Good night, see you later!
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I used "until the reseeing" which was indicaated in the notes and it was marked wrong?
Doesn't "ĝis" mean "it"? What would be the literal translation? I only ask to be able to understand the mechanics.
Yes, it's wrong. We don't say "until the next time", but we do say "until next time".
Some people do say "until the next time" when it's a regularly occuring event, like a club meeting.
Idiomatically they mean pretty much the same thing. Literally, though, "la revido" is "the re-seeing" and "poste" is "later". In English, it's the difference between "Until I see you again" and "Until later".
Are "bonan vesperon" and "bonan nokton" used similarly to English, i.e one wouldn't use "bonan nokton" to greet someone at night but rather only use it to say goodbye?
You're right. "Good night" is only "goodbye". For a greeting when it's late, you'd say "good evening".
(Of course, "hello" is good any time of day.)
Evening is vespero. Night is nokto.
Evening is that time between late afternoon and night. You eat dinner in the evening. You sleep at night.
I put "Good night, until later!" but it was counted wrong. "Until the re-seeing" seems pretty close to "until later."
Is translating literally not encouraged? I put 'Good night, until the re-seeing' which seems pretty literal.
Literal translation is never good, because the objective is to say the equivalent thing in the other language. And since different languages have different grammar rules, different idioms, and different uses of the prepositions, you can end up with gibberish if you try.
Oh, alright. Generally in my classes beginners translate literally until they get a better grasp of grammar and vocabulary, so it's what I'm used to...
I keep translating this as "Good night, later!" because that's how I'd say it :p.
What's the meaning of "ĝis" and "revido" ? The drop down translations just says "goofbye".
If you expand the dropdown further, it will show you that "ĝis" means "until" and "revido" means "re-seeing".
What if it is re-written as, Bonan nokton, Gxis poste ? Makes any diference?
I used "until the next sight" which is translating almost word by word and it's wrong. My background is Portuguese.
"Farewell" is more long-term if not permanent.
"See you later" is much closer to "ĝis la revido", which is "until I see you again" (literally "until the re-seeing") and is much more short-term.
In English, we say "See you later" (more casual) or "I'll see you later" (more formal) but never "I see you later".
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Thanks. I take your explanation to my own case: I think/thought both are the same. 1) I'll see you later (mine) and
<h1>2. - the only one Duolingo says is ok: See you later.</h1>My question (here) Is it ok? -- I mean: I'll see you later.
If you're asking whether Duolingo ought to accept both "See you later" and "I'll see you later", the answer is yes.
By far the simplest translation of "ĝis la revido" is "Goodbye" - it seems to me that is much more straightforward than forms like "until (the) next time" and "see you later".
In general, evening is that period between late afternoon and night.
You go out to dinner in the evening. You sleep in your bed at night.
I keep just typing "bonan nokton" whenever I have to listen to it because there's a long pause before the second half of the sentence aaaaaa
It's like hasta la vista or au revoir.
Ĝis la re-vid(o) means "Till the re-see(ing)".
I don't imagine you are, but there are so many ways of saying "Goodbye" in English, that it would be unrealistic to expect Duolingo's software to be programmed to accept them all!
Because "revido" is a noun meaning "(a) re-seeing", so the phrase "Ĝis la revido" literally means "until the re-seeing". "ĝis vi revido" doesn't really make any sense, any more than "until you a re-seeing" does in English.
It just occurred to me that gxis functions just like the German "bis". Might that be its origin?
There is a cat on my lap, so I can't get up and check my copy of Vilborg, but the word "jusque" is popping to mind. Maybe that's Latin - probably not French. I would bet that ĝis is a fusion of those two words.