How Do You Say "Have A Good Weekend"

[gerunc]

Ich wünsche euch ein schönes Wochenende. in german

 

[W!nston]

 

[Frenchgerman]

in French "bon week-end" tout simplement

 

[W!nston]

 

[Whisper]

In Finnish: Hyvää viikonloppua

 

[klimt]

When I feel like speaking French, "bonne fin de semaine."

No One would say that in french ;-) ;-)

you just have to say

"Bon Week-End" !

 

[Frenchgerman]

No One would say that in french ;-) ;-)

you just have to say

"Bon Week-End" !

there's a difference between 'bonne fin de semaine' and 'bon week-end' ...

I would say 'bonne fin de semaine' when the work week isn't really over but the end is near (like thursday afternoon) ...
and I would say 'bon WE' like on friday afternoon ...

 

[klimt]

Well i see what you mean and that is right..but the question of the thread is "how do you say 'Have a good week end' " ;-)..and "week-end" in french is...week-end !
We can say "bonne fin de semaine" talking to someone if you are sure not to see him until next week.... you can say "bonne fin de semaine" to someone even if it's thursday, wednesday... It includes the week-end, of course ;-)

Best regards and, BON WEEK END !

there's a difference between 'bonne fin de semaine' and 'bon week-end' ...

I would say 'bonne fin de semaine' when the work week isn't really over but the end is near (like thursday afternoon) ...
and I would say 'bon WE' like on friday afternoon ...

 

[Frenchgerman]

what you seem to forget is ... the french word for the anglicism 'week-end' is 'fin de semaine' ...

but it's 'couper les cheveux en quatre' ... sorry guys no translation available ...

 

[W!nston]

Google translates "couper les cheveux en quatre" as "niggle" OR "splitting hairs" meaning:

'Niggle'

nig·gle
ˈniɡəl/
verb
1.
cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety.
"a suspicion niggled at the back of her mind"
synonyms: irritate, annoy, bother, provoke, exasperate, upset, gall, irk, rankle with;

More
find fault with (someone) in a petty way.
"colleagues say he loved to niggle and criticize people"
synonyms: complain, quibble, nitpick, fuss, carp, cavil, grumble, gripe, grouse, moan
"he niggles about the prices"

noun
noun: niggle; plural noun: niggles
1.
a trifling complaint, dispute, or criticism.
synonyms: quibble, trivial complaint, criticism, grumble, grouse, cavil;



OR



split hairs definition. To argue about an inconsequential and trivial aspect of an issue: “When you are accused of being forty-five minutes late for an appointment, you are splitting hairs to say that you were really only forty minutes late.”

just sayin'

 

[Frenchgerman]

Google translates "couper les cheveux en quatre" as "niggle" OR "splitting hairs" meaning:

'Niggle'

nig·gle
ˈniɡəl/
verb
1.
cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety.
"a suspicion niggled at the back of her mind"
synonyms: irritate, annoy, bother, provoke, exasperate, upset, gall, irk, rankle with;

More
find fault with (someone) in a petty way.
"colleagues say he loved to niggle and criticize people"
synonyms: complain, quibble, nitpick, fuss, carp, cavil, grumble, gripe, grouse, moan
"he niggles about the prices"

noun
noun: niggle; plural noun: niggles
1.
a trifling complaint, dispute, or criticism.
synonyms: quibble, trivial complaint, criticism, grumble, grouse, cavil;



OR



split hairs definition. To argue about an inconsequential and trivial aspect of an issue: “When you are accused of being forty-five minutes late for an appointment, you are splitting hairs to say that you were really only forty minutes late.”

just sayin'

yes, that's it ! thanks Sniffet !

 

[klimt]

what you seem to forget is ... the french word for the anglicism 'week-end' is 'fin de semaine' ...

but it's 'couper les cheveux en quatre' ... sorry guys no translation available ...

what you seem to forget is.... Week-End is a french word since the beginning of the 20th century (around 1910)...the word, with a dash between Week & End (no dash in English, no ?) (and it now takes a S when you talk about several week-ends)

The term week-end" usually means Saturday & Sunday and from time to time it includes Friday Evening when you don't work on saturdays...

About "fin de semaine" it's the ancient form and you can hear it in Canada-Québec because they don't want to use any english term in their language...

In France, "fin de semaine" don't mean only Saturday and Sunday but it can include all friday and even Thursday... !

About "couper les cheveux en quatre" i propose "to split hairs"....

Now the weekend is over....so, Bonne Semaine !

 

[Frenchgerman]

I stand correct !

I only said that it is an anglicism ...

 

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[taplan]

Funny

 

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