You will say “Hello.” or “Hi.” first when you meet people.
After that, we often ask “How are you?”.
It might not always mean that you really want to know how are they on that day or recently, but it’s common to say it as a part of greeting.
Let’s see how to say “How are you?” in 50 different languages.
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| Language | Play | |
| Afrikaans | ▶️ | Hoe gaan dit? |
| Albanian | ▶️ | Si je? |
| Arabic | ▶️ | كيف حالك؟ |
| kayf halik? | ||
| Arabic (Egyptian) | ▶️ | إزيك؟ |
| ‘iizyk? | ||
| Armenian | ▶️ | ինչպե՞ս եք |
| inch’pe՞s yek’ | ||
| Bengali | ▶️ | আপনি কেমন আছেন? |
| Āpani kēmana āchēna? | ||
| Bosnian | ▶️ | Kako si? |
| Cantonese | ▶️ | 你點呀？ |
| nei5 dim2 aa1 ？ | ||
| Catalan | ▶️ | Com estàs? |
| Chinese | ▶️ | 你好吗？ |
| Nǐ hǎo ma? | ||
| Chinese (Taiwan) | ▶️ | 你好嗎？ |
| Nǐ hǎo ma? | ||
| ㄋㄧˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄇㄚ？ | ||
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| Croatian | ▶️ | Kako ste? |
| Czech | ▶️ | Jak se máte? |
| Danish | ▶️ | Hvordan har du det? |
| Dutch | ▶️ | Hoe gaat het? |
| English (American) | ▶️ | How are you? |
| English (British) | ▶️ | How are you? |
| Esperanto | ▶️ | Kiel vi fartas? |
| Finnish | ▶️ | Kuinka voit? |
| French | ▶️ | Comment allez-vous? |
| German | ▶️ | Wie geht es dir? |
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| Greek | ▶️ | Πώς είστε; |
| Pós eíste? | ||
| Haitian Creole | ▶️ | Kouman ou ye? |
| Hakka | ▶️ | ng3 ho4 mo3 |
| 你好無 | ||
| Hindi | ▶️ | आप कैसे हैं? |
| aap kaise hain? | ||
| Hungarian | ▶️ | Hogy van? |
| Icelandic | ▶️ | Hvað segirðu gott? |
| Indonesian | ▶️ | Apa kabar? |
| Italian | ▶️ | Come stai? |
| Japanese | ▶️ | お元気ですか。 |
| o genki desu ka. | ||
| Korean | ▶️ | 어떻게 지내세요? |
| eotteohke jinaeseyo? | ||
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| Latin | ▶️ | Quid agis? |
| Latvian | ▶️ | Kā Jums klājas? |
| Macedonian | ▶️ | Како сте? |
| Kako ste? | ||
| Norwegian | ▶️ | Hvordan står det til? |
| Polish | ▶️ | Jak się masz? |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ▶️ | Como vai? |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | ▶️ | Como estás? |
| Romanian | ▶️ | Ce mai faceți? |
| Russian | ▶️ | Как дела? |
| Kak dela? | ||
| Serbian | ▶️ | Kako ste? |
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| Slovak | ▶️ | Ako sa máš? |
| Spanish (Latin America) | ▶️ | ¿Cómo está usted? |
| Spanish (Spain) | ▶️ | ¿Qué tal estás? |
| Swahili | ▶️ | Habari zako? |
| Swedish | ▶️ | Hur står det till? |
| Taiwanese (MinNan) | ▶️ | Lí hó–bô？ |
| 你好無？ | ||
| Tamil | ▶️ | நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? |
| Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ? | ||
| Thai | ▶️ | คุณสบายดีไหม? |
| Khuṇ s̄bāy dī h̄ịm? | ||
| Turkish | ▶️ | Nasılsınız? |
| Vietnamese | ▶️ | Bạn có khỏe không? |
| Welsh | ▶️ | Sut ydych chi |
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