brenyd

[verbal valve]

Please be patient

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[green geode]

Some people will be picky and correct you on it, so it's probably easier to stick to bonsoir when it's the evening
But some people don't care

[severe berry]

I’ve done that before and people would respond with bonsoir in the evening

But yeah bonsoir is more correct in the evening

So I would use it

[green geode]

A "bonjour" is much better than nothing though

[severe berry]

Nothing<bonjour<bonsoir or bonjour

[sudden pagoda]

Bro got the logic symbols out

[uneven elk]

This is why I hate things like Google Translate translates bonjour to hello instead of the literal translation of good day. I'd much rather get the literal translations and figure out the meaning based on context.

[green geode]

literal translations often don't exist or are completely unreliable

[uneven elk]

this is way I typically translate one word at a time and try to make sense of it after I feel like it helps me understand the language better

[uneven elk]

je m'appelle doesn't actually mean my name is pomme de terre doesn't literal mean potato word for word so why are you telling me it does show me both the word for word literal translation and the meaning of it when I translate it my biggest pet peeve learning languages

[green geode]

because it holds almost if not the exact same place in the language, and has nothing to do with the literal translation, if it even exists

there are some cases where literal translations can be neat or even occasionally help with comprehension, but it's pretty rare overall