A typical sentence "How are you?" has a somewhat different meaning in Russia. If russian people asked "how are you?", they actually want to know about the events of your life.
How to say "How are you" in Russian language:
1) informal "How are you" you can say as "Как дела?" - kak dela?[kak dila](literally - how are your affairs\business). Also you can ask "Что нового?" - Chto novogo [Chto,shto novova] - what's new?
2) formal "Как поживаете?" - kak pozhivajete?[kak pazhivajete] (literally its mean - how are you live?)
What could be the answer:
1) Fine - "отлично", "прекрасно"-You rarely hear it in Russia.
2) Normally - нормально - normal'no[narmal'na]. Good - хорошо - khorosho [kharasho]
3) Not bad - неплохо -neplokho [njeplokha]. So-so - так себе -tak sebe [tak sjebje]
4) Bad - плохо - plokho [plokho]. There is nothing good - ничего хорошего - nichego khoroshego [nichjego kharoshogo]
This is followed by counter-question: And how do you do? - А как вы поживаете? - a kak vy pozhivaete [a kak vy pazhivaete]
or more short forms:
And how are you? - А как вы? - A kak vy?
or А у вас? - A u vas?
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