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The word bonġu is a corruption of the Italian phrase buon giorno or the French bonjour. We have two beautiful expressions in Maltese, Il-jum it-tajjeb and Il-ġurnata t-tajba. Why the Maltese choose to use a corrupt foreign phrase and not a Maltese...

The word bonġu is a corruption of the Italian phrase buon giorno or the French bonjour.

We have two beautiful expressions in Maltese, Il-jum it-tajjeb and Il-ġurnata t-tajba.

Why the Maltese choose to use a corrupt foreign phrase and not a Maltese phrase is inconceivable. I am Maltese. I never say bonġu.

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