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comment ca va?

English translation: How are you?/ How do you do?/ Are you ok?

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French term or phrase:comment ca va?
English translation:How are you?/ How do you do?/ Are you ok?
Entered by: Ritu Bhanot

09:42 Aug 26, 2004
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: comment ca va?
comment ca va?
sam farrant
How are you?
Explanation:
Are you ok?
Selected response from:

Ritu Bhanot
France
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Graded automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5How are you?
Ritu Bhanot
5 +4How's it going? // What's up? (US)
Timothy Barton
5 +1how are you?
Kpy
4 +2how are things?
suezen
4Howdy, pardner!
Narasimhan Raghavan
4how are you doing?
Terry Gwenn
3 -1How do you do?
mcguegan


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
How are you?


Explanation:
Are you ok?


Ritu Bhanot
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Penelope Ausejo
0 min
  -> Thanks
agree  Oana Apetrei
14 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Ioana Bostan
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  Shaila Kamath
6 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Nathan Gihoul
2 days 17 hrs
  -> Thanks
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
how are you?


Explanation:
-

Kpy
France
Local time: 16:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Penelope Ausejo
0 min
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
How's it going? // What's up? (US)


Explanation:
I'd say "How's it going". American's often say "What's up". A text book would tell you "How are you?", but that's slightly more formal.

Timothy Barton
Local time: 16:00
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: how's it going, how are things going is the right tone-how are you is too formal.
3 mins
agree  mcguegan
8 mins
agree  Donovan Libring
25 mins
agree  Guetta
5 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
How do you do?


Explanation:
if you are talking to a British.

mcguegan
Local time: 16:00
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: much too formal for comment ça va-UK English or not.
1 min
agree  Ritu Bhanot: For clangfor1: well, this is as correct as any of the terms given. And the term you gave as its meaning can actually be translated as "Nice meeting you."
21 mins
disagree  clangfor1: this is incorrect; not only overly formal, but means smth different (enchanté de vous rencontrer, etc.)
28 mins
disagree  Guetta: sorry
5 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
how are things?


Explanation:
English

suezen
Local time: 16:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 63

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nothing: also, how's life?
18 mins
  -> mmm, how's life is also good
agree  RHELLER: very open-ended; allows for comments on anything from politics to home life to....
6 hrs
  -> thanks Rita
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Howdy, pardner!


Explanation:
Keeping up the spirit of the French phrase.

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 19:30
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
how are you doing?


Explanation:
how are you doing?

Terry Gwenn
United States
Local time: 07:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in VietnameseVietnamese, Native in FrenchFrench
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