🇬🇧WAYS TO SAY 'HOW ARE YOU? - I'M FINE'🇺🇸
👋INFORMAL
What's up? - Oh, just the usual/Gosh! A lot of stuff!
Hey, what's going on? - Nothing special
What are you up to? (very friendly) - Nothing much / Not much at all. You?
How is it going? - Yeah, it's going great.
How are you doing? - Doing well, thanks. (Br) / Doing good (Am)
How is everything? - Everything's good.
How are things going? (general, non-specific) - Yeah... Good, you?
How's things? (very general) - I'm great
How's life (treating you)? - I'm (pretty) good
(Are) you okay / alright? (very casual, don't really expect an answer from) - I'm alright (Br)
How have you been? - I've been great. Thanks.
What's new (with you)? (asking for updates) - Same old, same old! (всё то же самое)
How are you feeling? (about health) - I'm (pretty) well or I'm feeling a bit under the weather
How's your day been / going? - (I've) never been better.
👎ТАК СЕБЕ
Well ... a bit tired/sleepy/ill
I've been better - бывало и лучше
I've seen better days - бывали дни и получше
Not (doing) that great
I've not been so good, actually.
I'll be honest I'm not (doing) so well
Can't complain в зависимости от интонации: не жалуюсь или могло быть и хуже
Not too bad в зависимости от интонации: не плохо или так себе
It's been a bit of a tough day/week
Could be better / I could also be worse
I'm not going to lie I feel terrible.
Overworked and underpaid
Slowly but surely dying actually. Aren't we all?
Somewhere between blah and meh
👏BUSINESS-RELATED/FORMAL
How do you do? - How do you do
Are you well? (Br) very posh
How are things coming along? - So far, so good - пока все хорошо
How are you getting on? - Good enough / I'm snowed under (with work) завален работой
How's everything coming together? - Things are coming together nicely. Thank you.
✌️VERY INFORMAL
Howdy, folks! (Am) - здорово, народ!
Wagwan, man! (= what is going on) - здорово, чувак!
What's sizzling/ kicking? - Better than I deserve (иронично)
Hey, sup? - Nothing. Just chilling, you?
What's the crack? - Not a lot, just been at work really
I'm great, but I'm totally biassed - великолепно, но это мое субъективное мнение
Word on the street is I'm pretty good - ходят слухи, что у меня все очень даже ничего
If I had a tail, I would wag it (joking) Если бы у меня был хвост, я бы им помахал
Everything is hunky dory - всё тип-топ (old-fashioned)
🖐КАК ИЗБЕЖАТЬ ОТВЕТА
You don't want to know!
Don't ask! Honestly, just don't ask me!
Do I (really) have to answer that? I think you already know.
#Howtosay
👋INFORMAL
What's up? - Oh, just the usual/Gosh! A lot of stuff!
Hey, what's going on? - Nothing special
What are you up to? (very friendly) - Nothing much / Not much at all. You?
How is it going? - Yeah, it's going great.
How are you doing? - Doing well, thanks. (Br) / Doing good (Am)
How is everything? - Everything's good.
How are things going? (general, non-specific) - Yeah... Good, you?
How's things? (very general) - I'm great
How's life (treating you)? - I'm (pretty) good
(Are) you okay / alright? (very casual, don't really expect an answer from) - I'm alright (Br)
How have you been? - I've been great. Thanks.
What's new (with you)? (asking for updates) - Same old, same old! (всё то же самое)
How are you feeling? (about health) - I'm (pretty) well or I'm feeling a bit under the weather
How's your day been / going? - (I've) never been better.
👎ТАК СЕБЕ
Well ... a bit tired/sleepy/ill
I've been better - бывало и лучше
I've seen better days - бывали дни и получше
Not (doing) that great
I've not been so good, actually.
I'll be honest I'm not (doing) so well
Can't complain в зависимости от интонации: не жалуюсь или могло быть и хуже
Not too bad в зависимости от интонации: не плохо или так себе
It's been a bit of a tough day/week
Could be better / I could also be worse
I'm not going to lie I feel terrible.
Overworked and underpaid
Slowly but surely dying actually. Aren't we all?
Somewhere between blah and meh
👏BUSINESS-RELATED/FORMAL
How do you do? - How do you do
Are you well? (Br) very posh
How are things coming along? - So far, so good - пока все хорошо
How are you getting on? - Good enough / I'm snowed under (with work) завален работой
How's everything coming together? - Things are coming together nicely. Thank you.
✌️VERY INFORMAL
Howdy, folks! (Am) - здорово, народ!
Wagwan, man! (= what is going on) - здорово, чувак!
What's sizzling/ kicking? - Better than I deserve (иронично)
Hey, sup? - Nothing. Just chilling, you?
What's the crack? - Not a lot, just been at work really
I'm great, but I'm totally biassed - великолепно, но это мое субъективное мнение
Word on the street is I'm pretty good - ходят слухи, что у меня все очень даже ничего
If I had a tail, I would wag it (joking) Если бы у меня был хвост, я бы им помахал
Everything is hunky dory - всё тип-топ (old-fashioned)
🖐КАК ИЗБЕЖАТЬ ОТВЕТА
You don't want to know!
Don't ask! Honestly, just don't ask me!
Do I (really) have to answer that? I think you already know.
#Howtosay