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Old May 03, 2006, 12:29 AM
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According to the dictionary, "nice" can be

simpático nice
mono ADJ nice ADJ
bonito nice
simpática ADJ nice ADJ
agradable nice
amable nice

I want to know if I want to say have a nice day, which one should I use?
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Re: nice

To say "have a nice day", I'd say "Que tenga(s) un buen día"
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Old May 03, 2006, 07:28 AM
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Re: nice

gracias

But can I say have a nice day with one of the other words listed from the dict?

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Old May 03, 2006, 07:58 AM
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Re: nice

You could also say
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¡Qué tengas bonito día! -or-
¡Qué tengas un día agradable!
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Can you use simpatica? Like in Que tengas un simpatico dia?

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Old May 03, 2006, 10:34 AM
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Can you use simpatica? Like in Que tengas un simpatico dia?

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Doesn't sound too good to me.
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Re: nice

I think instead of using tengas it would be "tienes" because tener is irregular. In the I or yo form it is tengo, but in the you or tu form it is tienes. In the He/she or el/ella form it is tiene. the we or nosotros form is conjugated regularly as tenemos, and the they or ellos form is irregular as tienen. "Tienes una buena dia" would work. However using any of the different forms of nice would work. In the future tense, which is even better, it would be "tendrás una buena dia". The future tense is irregular too. As for why it's "buena" instead of "buen", with "dia" it's feminine, which is why it's "una" instead of "un". I think that simpatico/a is more for describing peoples personalities rather than an item or a thing. I believe buen and buena are more like good than nice. They are fairly interchangeable though, so you can use whichever word you like and you will probably still be understood. Using simpatico/a it would be "tendrás una simpatica dia."

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I think instead of using tengas it would be "tienes" because tener is irregular. In the I or yo form it is tengo, but in the you or tu form it is tienes. In the He/she or el/ella form it is tiene. the we or nosotros form is conjugated regularly as tenemos, and the they or ellos form is irregular as tienen. "Tienes una buena dia" would work. However using any of the different forms of nice would work. In the future tense, which is even better, it would be "tendrás una buena dia". The future tense is irregular too. As for why it's "buena" instead of "buen", with "dia" it's feminine, which is why it's "una" instead of "un". I think that simpatico/a is more for describing peoples personalities rather than an item or a thing. I believe buen and buena are more like good than nice. They are fairly interchangeable though, so you can use whichever word you like and you will probably still be understood. Using simpatico/a it would be "tendrás una simpatica dia."

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Thought dia was el dia, thats what my Spanish teacher told us.
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Re: nice

día is masculine

and tengas is the informal you command form of tener
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Re: nice

Actually tengas is the informal you in subjunctive mode, also used for negative commands. Ten is the informal you command.

Ten cuidado - Be careful - Informal command
No tengas miedo - Don't be afraid - Informal command (negative)
No quiero que tengas miedo - I don't want you to be afraid - Subjunctive

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