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Clumsy English. Not idiomatic, and perhaps sounding a little rude or demanding. Not quite sure, but it's "off". Better, "Well, how's it going?" or "Well, how are you?"
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Indeed. But I was probably influenced by the English of my home town, where a common greeting and response (regarded as perfectly polite) would be:
"Well?" "Well!"
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Probably it's not idiomatic English, but at this stage of learning Dutch I'd prefer to know exact meaning of words. Btw in my first language such a word by word translation sounds pretty much ok and idiomatic
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If I say "how goes it," that really shouldn't be a problem. Not only is it colloquially appropriate, but it's literally the direct translation.
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In English, "How goes it?" is a perfectly correct, valid phrase. So while it is not the most common translation, shouldn't it be a valid translation, since the Dutch and the English, in this case, make perfect sense when translated literally?
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Gaat doesn't mean "is", it means "goes." So the question "❤❤❤ gaat het" literally means "How goes it?" or "How is it going?" "How is it" would be "❤❤❤ is het?"
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Still pitching to have, "How goes it?" accepted as a reasonable translation into American English.
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I think how goes it is both literally and grammatically correct. Still got marked incorrrect though .
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I think it should sound somewhat like "who", because oe is afaik like the german u.
But goedemiddag (probably spelt it wrong) is like an oi soune so im confused
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Would this be used if, say, you've just seen someone come back from a job interview/a first date/an event, and you're speaking to them with anticipation/excitement? Can someone put how this would be used into context? Dank je well!
We don't say "and" before asking questions in English, if you did that you would look like a retard.
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In response to you having answered the question, one could say "and, how are you?"
