How about learning how to write “good afternoon” in English? This is a common expression in the language, and you will certainly use it in many different contexts, such as starting an interview, in an informal chat with friends or when sending and receiving messages.

If you follow our blog have you seen that we teach the greetings, to the greetings in english with several expressions to use in everyday life. Today we will explore the ways to say “good afternoon” in english and some phrases for you to practice. Let's go!

How do you write “good afternoon” in English?

If you need to say “good afternoon” in English, the ideal expression to use is “Good Afternoon“, and the correct pronunciation is “Gud éfternun”. Pretty simple, isn’t it? To help you understand better, the construction of the word is divided into two parts:

• Good: good;
• Afternoon: after noon, since “after” means after and “noon” means noon.

Many people make the mistake of confusing the “good afternoon” with the “good evening” and end up making a “mistake” when using the expression.

Good Afternoon should generally be used from noon until 5 or 6 pm, when the greeting becomes “Good Evening” when arriving at places or when meeting a person.

To say goodbye or go to sleep, the correct greeting is “Good Night“Here in the blog We have super complete content that teaches you easily, easily how to say “good night” in english. Run there!

Afternoon in moments of greater informality

In more informal moments or with people you are more intimate with, it is possible use the abbreviated form of greeting. What is similar to “good night” just talking about “night” or, when saying “good morning”, simply say “morning“. In other words? You can greet people by saying “afternoon”, without the obligation to be accompanied by the word “good“.

If we compare, it’s the same as what happens when we say “afternoon” instead of “good afternoon”.

See some practical examples:

• Afternoon, Jack! Do you wanna have lunch with me?

Translation: Good afternoon, Jack! Do you want to have lunch with me?

Pronunciation: Éfternun, Jack! Duu iú uana rráv lãntch uíth míi?

• Afternoon, Doctor. Nice to see you again!

Translation: Good afternoon, doctor. It's good to see you again!

Pronunciation: Éfternum, dók-têR. Náiss tchu síi iú a-GéN.

Using “afternoon” as a time of day

The expression “afternoon” can also be used when we need to refer to the afternoon period. So, in this case, the correct expression to use is “in the afternoon”, which means “in the afternoon” or “in the afternoon”. See some examples:

• My English classes are in the afternoon. See you in the evening.

Translation: My English classes are in the afternoon. See you in the evening.

Pronunciation: mái iN-glish clé-sses áR íin de éfternum. Síi iú in de íiv-ning.

• Want to go to the movies Sunday afternoon?

Translation: Do you want to go to the movies on Sunday afternoon?

Pronunciation: How long did it take for my son to die forever?

Phrases to say “good afternoon” in English

Now that you’ve learned how to greet someone by saying “good afternoon” in English, how about some phrases to practice? We’ve put together some very common everyday situations.

To make a hotel reservation

• Good afternoon. My name is Luiz, and I want to book a room.

Translation: Good afternoon. My name is Luiz and I would like to book a room.

Phrase to use in a restaurant

• Good afternoon. I would like to book a table for 5 at 9pm tomorrow night.

Translation: Good afternoon. I would like to reserve a table for 5 people for tomorrow at 8 pm.

• Good afternoon. Could you bring me the menu, please?

Translation: Good afternoon. Could you bring me the menu, please?

Read also: How to say “Hi, how are you?” in English?

Phrases to use after lunch

• Good afternoon, Mrs Louis. How was your lunch?

Translation: Good afternoon, Mrs. Louis, how was your lunch?

• Can we have coffee together tomorrow afternoon?

Translation: Can we have coffee together tomorrow afternoon?

Phrases to say goodbye at the end of the afternoon

• Good evening, Miss Katy. Thank you for the lesson. See you tomorrow!

Translation: Good afternoon, Miss Katy. Thank you for the lesson. See you tomorrow!

• Good evening, guys. Have a good rest.

Translation: Good night, boys. Rest well.

“Good afternoon” in English to a e-mail formal

• Good afternoon, Mr McCoubrey. How are you?

Translation: Good afternoon, Mr. McCoubrey. How are you?

Informal message to send to friends

• Afternoon, everybody.Is everything okay for the game today?

Translation: Afternoon, guys. Is everything okay for the game today?

These were some ways to use the expression “good afternoon” in your daily life. Now just practice, apply the concepts you learned here and improve your English day after day. Don't forget to also check out our article on English levels and understand how they work and how to find out yours.

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