"Good appetite!"
Translation:Bonan apetiton!
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as a native english speaker, i have never heard anyone say "good appetite." Bon appetit sometimes. Maybe a better translation would be that (despite it being a french phrase technically.) Or "eat up!."
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Or maybe "Enjoy your meal!" If I saw "Eat up!", I'd translate that with 'Finmanĝu!' ;)
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I have! But they weren't a native English speaker, so it doesn't really count.
How can the entire sentence be a direct object? (Why is it "Bonan apetiton" instead of "Bona apetito"?
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When you use an expression like “Good apetite!” in English you are actually shortening a full statement.
Bonan apetiton! = Mi deziras al vi bonan apetiton! (I wish you a good apetite!)
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Because it is wish: a short form of "Mi deziras al vi bonan apetiton!" (As you say „Guten Appetit!“ in German or “прия́тного аппети́та!” in Russian).
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I've never heard anyone say "good appetite" in English. We always say "bon apetit" (French), or just say something else that conveys the same message (Enjoy your meal, etc.).
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Since its English is already borrowing French why not use creative license while at it
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"Good appetite" really doesn't enter my ears smoothly.
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No, I'd definitely just go into temporary French and say bon appétit.