Buenos dias and buenas noche

Question

Hola everyone, this is my first time on the forum. I came across this site yesterday and I'm glad I did. I'm trying to learn how to speak spanish. I have a question regarding buenos dias and buenas noche, buenas tardes. Why is the form buenos used for dias and buenas used for noche and tardes? I tried to find this information in the reference area but was unable to find an answer. Just curious, thanks.

Answer 1

Eddy said:

It is quite simple really Bueno is an adjective and in Spanish, adjectives have to agree with the gender, (male or female) and also the number, (singular or plural) of the noun, ThereforeDías (plural and masculine) you use BuenOsNoches, tardes (both plural and feminine) you use BuenAs

Thanks Eddy.

Answer 2

Heidita said:

Buenas tardes, Nell: Bienvenida al foro.la tarde: buenas tardesla noche: buenas nochesel día: buenos díasLook at the resources we have to offer on this friendly forum.And from your friendly post I can see you will fit in here very nicely (wink, wink).[url=http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A329534]http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A329534[/url]

Hi Heidita, thank you so much for the warm welcome and resource link, I'm going to check it out!

Answer 3

Natasha said:

día is a masculine noun, and the adjective has to agree with it. Hence ¡Buenos días!noche and tarde are feminine nouns. Thus you get ¡Buenas mañanas! and ¡Buenas tardes!

Thank you

Answer 4

Buenas tardes, Nell: Bienvenida al foro.

la tarde: buenas tardes
la noche: buenas noches
el día: buenos días

Look at the resources we have to offer on this friendly forum.And from your friendly post I can see you will fit in here very nicely (wink, wink).

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Answer 5

Oh Mrs. Heather! It's amazing what we learn when we aren't being graded! I want the pay grade for bilinguals. Remember my mother speaks fluent spanish and i never caught on. laugh out loud...

Answer 6

CalvoViejo said:

Hi, Nell

I know your question has been answered, but I wanted to point out that we don't say "buenas noche." We say either "buena noche" or "buenas noches." I really don't know why we usually use the plural when we're wishing someone a good night. I guess it's just the customary usage.

By the way, welcome to the foro! There are a lot of experts here, along with those of us who help where we can.

Que hombre más modesto, jeje. Calvo, how can you not consider yourself qualified'

Answer 7

Hi, Nell

I know your question has been answered, but I wanted to point out that we don't say "buenas noche." We say either "buena noche" or "buenas noches." I really don't know why we usually use the plural when we're wishing someone a good night. I guess it's just the customary usage.

By the way, welcome to the foro! There are a lot of experts here, along with those of us who help where we can.

Answer 8

Nell said:

Eddy said:

It is quite simple really Bueno is an adjective and in Spanish, adjectives have to agree with the gender, (male or female) and also the number, (singular or plural) of the noun, ThereforeDías (plural and masculine) you use BuenOsNoches, tardes (both plural and feminine) you use BuenAs

Thanks Eddy.

That's OK Nell, it's just that I was about two hours behind everybody else.

Answer 9

Not just you. I answered a different post and then deleted my reply when I saw it had already been answered.

Eddy said:

There must be something wrong with my connection or it is very slow. When I answered this there was a nil reply shown on the forum.

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Answer 10

There must be something wrong with my connection or it is very slow. When I answered this there was a nil reply shown on the forum.

Answer 11

It is quite simple really Bueno is an adjective and in Spanish, adjectives have to agree with the gender, (male or female) and also the number, (singular or plural) of the noun, Therefore

Días (plural and masculine) you use BuenOs

Noches, tardes (both plural and feminine) you use BuenAs

Answer 12

I also wondered about this. Thanks for asking it Nell and thanks to you two who replied.

Answer 13

día is a masculine noun, and the adjective has to agree with it. Hence ¡Buenos días!

noche and tarde are feminine nouns. Thus you get ¡Buenas mañanas! and ¡Buenas tardes!