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How to say "How are you?" in Russian

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Alena Savostikova from Mahalo teaches how to say "How are you?" in Russian. This common greeting is used in many informal situations, oftentimes along with "Привет!" ("Hi").

Translations of "Как дела?"
Cantonese/Mandarin: 你好嗎？你好吗？
Czech: jak se máš
Danish: hvordan har du det?
Dutch: hoe gaat het ?, alles goed?
French: comment vas-tu?, ça va?
German: wie geht es dir?
Hebrew: ?מה שלומך
Italian: come stai?
Japanese: お元気ですか？おげんきですか？
Spanish: ¿cómo estás?
Swedish: hur är det?
Ukrainian: як справи?
Vietnamese: bạn khỏe không?

Video 2:

You have several choices when saying "How are you" in Russian.

Как дела? - How's things?
Как ты? - How are you?
Как жизнь? - How's life?

And the most common answer is not the optimistic "Fine". It is a simple:

Нормально. - Normal.

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