How to say 'How are you?' in Russian! (VIDEO)
The most Russian American, Tim Kirby, offers you several versions for different occastions in life. Happy learning!
How can you ask 'how are you' in Russian?
- Hi, how are you?
- Привет, как дела?
Literally this means – how's your business? Or how are your deeds?
How – как, дела – business.
You can also say 'как ты поживаешь'? – How're you doing, how’s life?
But here's the thing!
In Russia this question isn’t just empty rhetorical small talk. If you ask someone how they’re doing, oh will they tell you about it, especially if they are a taxi driver that hates their life.
But in turn if people ask you, you can just pour all your personal problems right into the conversation.