"Good appetite!"

Translation: Bonan apetiton!

[ben-powell]

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!."

[Vortarulo]

Or maybe "Enjoy your meal!"
If I saw "Eat up!", I'd translate that with 'Finmanĝu!' ;)

[dpchalmers]

I have! But they weren't a native English speaker, so it doesn't really count.

[MechanixZem]

How can the entire sentence be a direct object? (Why is it "Bonan apetiton" instead of "Bona apetito"?

[bnikfar]

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!)

[MechanixZem]

Thanks!

[Migranto]

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.).

[jxetkubo]

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).

[Naylor1993]

"Good appetite" really doesn't enter my ears smoothly.

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

No, I'd definitely just go into temporary French and say bon appétit.