How To Say “How Are You” In Different Languages

It is always a wonderful idea to ask someone “How are you” no matter the time of day. However, just don’t expect a detailed answer, because that doesn’t really happen often!

Most of the time, an automatic response is “I’m fine” or “I’m good” regardless of how the person is actually doing. Unless they really want to share, a reply is usually short and sweet.

This simple question is a casual icebreaker and just another way of saying “Hello” to the people around you. So, if you ever want to start a conversation, try asking how they are doing!

• English: How are you?
• French: Comment ça va? (como sah vah)
• Korean: 어떻게 지냈어요? (eotteohge jinaess-eoyo)
• Japanese: おげんきですか？(o genkidesu ka)
• German: Wie geht es Ihnen? (vee geht es eehnen)
• Dutch: Hoe gaat het? (hoo khat het)
• Italian: Come stai? (comeh stai)
• Spanish: ¿Cómo estás? (cohmoh estas)
• Tagalog: Kumusta ka? (kumusta kah)
• Indonesian: Apa kabar? (apa kabar)
• Polish: Co słychać? (tso swyhach)
• Turkish: Nasılsınız? (nasilsinuz)
• Swedish: Hur är det? (hur ar det)
• Norwegian: Hvordan går det? (vordan gahr det)
• Mandarin Chinese: 你好吗？(nǐ hǎo ma)
• Danish: Hvordan har du det? (vohrdahn har du det)
• Vietnamese: Bạn khỏe không? (bahn kwey kong)
• Portuguese (EU): Como está?
• Portuguese (BR): Como você está?