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How do you respond to the question “How are you?”
Do you use those following phrases?
Would you like tell me if you have using another phrases?
<good feelings>
goooood
great
not so bad
couldn’t be better
exhausted
super
special
not too bad
feeling good
pretty good
< bad feeling>
couldn’t be worse
so-so
exhausted
very tired
depressed
feeling bad
feeling worse
doom-and-gloom
feel sick
<natural>
I’m fine
same old
same as usual
can’t complain
I’m OK
good
I have a question.
How do you use exhausted between good feelings and bad feelings or both feelings?
Do you use those following phrases?
Would you like tell me if you have using another phrases?
<good feelings>
goooood
great
not so bad
couldn’t be better
exhausted
super
special
not too bad
feeling good
pretty good
< bad feeling>
couldn’t be worse
so-so
exhausted
very tired
depressed
feeling bad
feeling worse
doom-and-gloom
feel sick
<natural>
I’m fine
same old
same as usual
can’t complain
I’m OK
good
I have a question.
How do you use exhausted between good feelings and bad feelings or both feelings?
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Do you use these following phrases?
Would you tell me if you use any other phrases?
Would you like tell me if you have used another phrases?
I always say "I'm fine".
I always say "pretty good."
( v^-ﾟ)Thanks♪
exhausted
This wouldn't be a good feeling response. Saying this isn't really a negative response though, just informative.
super
"wonderful" or "awesome" could be used to show something similar to this too.
special
If you replied with "special" or "I'm feeling special", I think you would be misunderstood. If anything, someone may reply with this during a big event in their life, like their wedding day.
couldn’t be worse
or "terrible"
depressed
You could say this, but usually when people ask "How are you?", people don't usually reply very negatively with something like "depressed". You could say it, but a lot of people would suddenly think that the conversation is dead afterwards.
In fact, most of the time when people ask "How are you?" they aren't really all that interested in the answer anyway - it's just social convention.
feeling worse
You'd only say "I'm feeling worse" in reply to "How are you?" if that person had previously asked you the same question recently and you had replied with a bad feeling.
I'd say the most common use of this one would be if you felt ill. Someone who knew you were feeling ill may ask "How are you?" to see if you are feeling any better and you may reply "I'm feeling worse" if your illness wasn't going away.
doom-and-gloom
I don't think this really fits as a reply to "How are you?". It's used more to describe a situation, but is often used in the phrase "It's not all doom-and-gloom", which is used to say that despite all the bad things that happen around us that people talk about (especially the media), it's not actually all bad.
same old
This is the same as saying "same as usual"
How do you use exhausted between good feelings and bad feelings or both feelings?
If you replied with "I'm exhausted" to someone saying "How are you?", it would always be taken to mean that you were incredibly tired.
Actually, I regard this point.
"How are you" is to be polite, isn't it??
Should I reply positive words with to be polite?
And if you replay bad feelings, what do you say as usual?
And I always say only "pretty good."
From now, I say many kind of reply.
ﾐ★(*^-ﾟ)v Thanks!!★彡
If you asked a co-worker the question they would likely reply something like "I'm good" but then may add something work-related on to the end of the sentence like "I'm good, but all this paperwork is starting to drive me insane."
If you were to ask a close friend, they may reply with a positive or more of a negative response if they weren't feeling too good, in order to seek advice or they may want some comfort from talking to you about a problem.
If you were to ask an acquaintance, someone you don't know very well, or even a stranger, it's unlikely they would give a negative response. This is because with these people, it's not really a question of how they are, but more a social convention or 'filler' to get conversation going or to avoid awkward silences, since you don't really know them very well.
Sorry if my explanation is hard to understand. In some ways, learning common replies to a question such as "How are you?" is a little difficult because most people give a token answer such as "I'm good" regardless of how they are actually feeling.
"How are you?" depends on who is talking to who.
Your examples are very helping me to understand.
From now, I regard how to use this phrase.
So when I'm watching English drama.
Because I like English drama.
Thank you always for your kindness.
I'm thankful to get your comment.
ﾟ☆,｡･:*:･ﾟ★o(´▽｀*)/♪Thanks♪＼(*´▽｀)oﾟ★,｡･:*:･☆ﾟ
Do you use the following phrases?
Would you like tell me if you have used another phrases?
goooood
Super!
great
Fantastic! And not so fantastic you forgot "the little things" (capitalization, punctuation).
not so bad
OR: Not too bad.
exhausted
Too pooped to pop.
super
Super duper!
special
Excellent!
pretty good
[The one I use most!]
couldn’t be worse
Misterable.
exhausted
Washed out.
Dead tired.
depressed
Under the weather.
I feel like somebody tried to pull my arm out of the socket.
And that's the truth. I pushed too hard in today's workout and irritated my sore shoulder.
Down but not out.
Like everything is crashing in on me.
A little under the weather.
I’m still ticking.
Refers to "the old ticker" (the heart).
Same old same old.
About norbal.
This is a joke out of Mad Magazine from the late 1970s or early 1970s. For more info, search the internet for "Everything is back to norbal."
Can’t complain.
Doin' OK.
Pretty good.
How do you use exhausted between good feelings and bad feelings or both feelings?
I don't understand your question. Can you be more specific?
I'm glad to get them.
Would you like tell me if you have used other phrases?
I think you need to use "other" here, because another is only one other phrase so not plural
It is also best to keep the initial answer short and then figure out if the person really cares how you are.
Thank you for your correction and comment.;)
I got you.
I'll care about negative greeting.
Your comment is very helpful for me.
☆^ヽ(*^-ﾟ)vThank you♪v(ﾟ∇^*)/^☆