Grammar rule or exception ? "Tenga un buen dia."
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Use of " buen, beuno and buena ". Eample : Tenga un buen dia ! I It seems it would be "tenga un buen dia, as dia is a masculine noun .
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updated MAR 2, 2012
edited by --Mariana--
posted by bluecomet
I edited to add your question to the title. - --Mariana--, MAR 30, 2010
Thank you, Marianne. Great explantion and other examples. ! - bluecomet, MAR 30, 2010
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I am wondering "why"t is not tenga un "BUENO" dia !
That's because "bueno" becomes the shortened form of "buen" when placed directly before a masculine noun.
Here are some other adjectives that use the short form before a noun:
Ante masculino singular:
bueno ? buen: "buen día"
malo ? mal: "mal augurio"
Ante un nombre en singular:
grande ? gran: "gran carrera"
santo ? san: "San Antonio"
updated MAR 30, 2010
edited by --Mariana--
posted by --Mariana--
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Would it normally be '¡Que tenga un buen día!' ?
updated MAR 2, 2012
posted by aeroplod
Sí - readytodictate, MAR 2, 2012
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Hi Blue. Welcome to the forum.
It seems it would be "tenga un buen dia, as dia is a masculine noun .
It is "tenga un buen día." Did you mean to say something else?
updated MAR 30, 2010
edited by --Mariana--
posted by --Mariana--
I am wondering "why"t is not tenga un "BUENO" dia ! - bluecomet, MAR 30, 2010
