"How are you?"

Translation: Come stai?

[AshleyAsh1218]

What is the difference between "Come sta?" and "Come stai?"

[agnvtk]

"Come sta?" is formal while "Come stai?" is informal.

[AshleyAsh1218]

Thank you for answering my question.

[KonstaCamogli]

What about difference between:
Io sono bene (does this even exist)?
Io sto bene

[Gal.Gutterman]

why "Come sei tu" is is not right here?

[Chris123456]

Yes, it's easy to think "come sei tu" would be ok but sadly it's not. The verb stare is used when discussing personal states of being, not essere. "Come stai" = (familiar) how are you. "Sto bene" = I am well, "Come stanno" = how are they etc.

[Gal.Gutterman]

capisco. grazie amico

[pusztaierika]

and what about "Come va?" why isn't it good, either?

[TheGandalf]

That would be "How's it going?"

[gpriddy]

If it were referring to voi, wouldn't it be "Come state"? They marked it wrong.

[TheGandalf]

Hmm, I think that should be accepted.

[sofocle]

La domanda chiede due risposte: "come stai? Come state?"

[Mahkizmo]

there are many phrases for asking how are you, like people have written, come va, come stai, come stanno, tutto a posto etc. but i am a bit curious about come stai, why do you say it like that, is it an abbreviation of something ?

[gpriddy]

"Come stai?" is a direct translation of How are you? Stai is the tu (you, singular, familiar) form of stare (to be as a condition). It is not an abbreviation. The other verb to be "essere" is used for description. "Come va?" is like "How's it going?" "Come stanno?" would be "How are they?" "Tutto a posto." is like "Everything's fine."

[the_orange]

Easy if you already know some Spanish: ¿Cómo estás?

[corpho]

Why is "Come siete?" unacceptable?