bonne chance v. bonne fortune

Question

Salut, dans vos premiers indices, pourquoi donnez-vous "Bonne chance" = "good luck," quand le meilleure reponse est "la bonne fortune"?: Merci.

: pour apporter la bonne chancfortune à tout le monde !

Accepted Answer

Hi laura, 
The two expressions we accept for 'to bring good luck to everyone' are -

apporter de la chance à tout le monde 
apporter la bonne fortune à tout le monde

But if you wish someone 'Good luck!' you would only use 'Bonne chance !'
Hope this answers your question.

Answer

Bonjour Laura,From the lesson text, I would expect to use "bonne fortune" because the sense is to wish good luck/fortune for the coming year.To wish "bonne chance" has the meaning of good wishes when the sense is of someone about to undergo some potential element of difficulty /risk /hazard.I used this term recently when a French friend was about to go to Madrid to study dentistry and the dentistry course was to be conducted in English.Bonne journéeJim