How to ask "how are you"?
In modern Russian there is a tendency,according to which the phrase "how are you?" refers to the speech etiquette formula. This is easy to explain. Turning to the man with the words "how are you?", We do not want to get a detailed answer about how his life is currently developing in different spheres, most likely, we simply express our sympathetic attitude. Therefore, the answers, as a rule, are brief - well, not bad, all the way through. In some countries, people asking the question "how are you?" Do not even bother to wait for an answer. However, if you are really concerned about the state of affairs of a person, but are tired, like a parrot, to repeat the same thing day in and day out, offer you alternative options on how to ask "how are you?".
the great and mighty Russian language
In the Russian language there is a mass of variants with which one and the same question can be diversified. Here are some of them:
- How are you?
- What's up?
- how are you?
- Well, how are you?
- everything is fine?
- what's new?
- how is it going?
- how is it?
The phrase "how are you?" in different languages of the world
If you want, you can flash knowledge and ask a question interesting you in a foreign language. It will be very original. You can even use a new language every day.
In English
- How are you? [hau ay] - literally: how are you?
In French
- Comment vas tu? [komon wa wa] - literally: how does it go?
- comment allez vous? [komon talevu] - literally: how does it go?
Remember that the stress in French falls on the last syllable. Well, and the most informal phrase: ça va? [sa va wa]
In German
- Wie geht "s? [Vigeytes]
In spanish
- Cómo estás? [Como Estas]
In Italian
- Come stai? [com. pack]
In Polish
- Jak sie masz? [yak shi mash]
In Vietnamese
- bạn thế nào? [ban te náo]
other methods
In the end, you can always ask a person,that he feels whether he needs your help, how the previous day went, how mood. This will serve as a substitute for the boring phrase. In addition, you can always ask what happened if you see that a person has changed in the face.
If you, on the contrary, have not seen each other for a long timeand you want to be original at the meeting, you can say this: "You've changed, and probably your life too?". Or vice versa: "You have not changed, what about your life?".
Remember, even if you do not find the inspiration to invent original phrases, even trivial "how are you?" better than silence.
