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"How are you?"
Translation:Как у вас дела?
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The first is like "how are you feeling," and the second is like "how's it going."
I was taught VERY clearly that ты was NEVER to be used except within a close friendship circle. Even not to be used in a family group if speaking to elders. Has this convention of courtesy and respect gone by the wayside like so much else in language???
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Looks like Olimo above says you can. Probable difference is like English, one is more stressing you. How's it going vs how are you. But both can mean how are you.
Could anybody tell me what the difference between "Как ты" and "Как вы" is?
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Taken from a different thread: '"ты" is singular informal "you". "вы" is singular formal "you" and also plural "you".'
Sounds like you would say Как ты to a friend, and Как вы to your boss or a group of people.
No, for the Latin transliteration, you know, for those who find it too laborious to switch to the Russian keyboard all the time
Hi eveyone hope all is well, from the above conversation there is no clear difference so far identified, can someone simply say why we use Как Дела and Как Ты. Or when it sis good to use either of them. Because both are used but we don't know the difference. Thanks
Could you say how is everything "как все"? Or is that grammatically incorrect
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What is grammatical difference exactly between дела and дело. Also pronunciation. He is saying kak ДЕЛа. I learned and heard как делА from native speakers.
iPad uses the standard Russian keyboard layout. Ы is the second key in the middle row.
It can be on the S or on the Y, depending on your layout. Try it. Also, you can open Notepad and press all the keys one by one to see what you have :-)
Which keyboard are you using? (An actual Russian keyboad would have it.)
It's on the middle row between the ф and в.
I'm using the ipad russian keyboard, which probably isn't very good, I don't have a computer.
Why i cant use kak djela ty? Why coorect is kak djela? But i can say kak djela ona -yes?
This would sound like "how are things you" or "how are things she". You have to use "у тебя", "у неё", "у меня", etc. Как у тебя дела? Как у неё дела?
Why is there "ты" and not "тебя", if the pronoun is preceded by a supposed "are"? It shouldn't be accusative?
Accusative isn't used in this sense. You'd say "how are THEY?" (not "how are them") so you'll say how are YOU (subject form) instead of the "object"
The english "how are you?" Is shortened version of "how are you doing?" Therefore the 'you' is nominative. Yes?
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Как у вас ( or informal, у тебя) деда: How by you affairs, or business or things. Still not sure about difference between дела and дело! If anyone knows for sure, please help!
I believe "Как у вас" is also correct, maybe not grammatically but in everyday usage.
