Lesson 2 - How are you?

How are you?

Question
Как дела? – [kak dila] – What’s up? Literally, it means “How are [your] affairs?”

Answer

So-so - Так себе [tak sebe]
Ok - Нормально [normalno]
Good - Хорошо [horosho]
Very well - Отлично [otlichno]
Not bad - Неплохо [neploho]
Bad - Плохо [ploho]
Not so good - Не очень [ne ochen] or не очень хорошо [ne ochen horosho]
As always - Как всегда [kak vsegda]

Question
Как у тебя? – [kak u tibja] – What about yours?

Dialogue:

А. - Привет

Б. - Привет

А. - Как дела?

Б. - Отлично, а у тебя?

A. - Не очень.

Question

А как ты? - [a kak ti?] - What about you?

or

A ты как? - [a ti kak?] - means the same with А как ты?

Dialogue:

А. - Привет

Б. - Привет

А. - Как дела?

Б. - Нормально, а как ты?

A. - Так себе.

Question

А у тебя? - [a y tebia?] - What about you?

Dialogue:

А. - Привет

Б. - Привет

А. - Как дела?

Б. - Нормально, а у тебя?

A. - Плохо...

How to agree

Dialogue:

А. - Привет

Б. - Привет

А. - Как дела?

Б. - Нормально, а ты как?

A. - Также.

Answer 

or if you want to agree you may say:

- также [takje] - the same

- тоже [toje] - the same 

- и у меня [i y menia] - me too

- и у меня (хорошо, плохо and ect...) - me too

Leeson 1 - Greetings

Greetings 

Hello = Здравствуйте [zdrastvyite]
Здравствуйте – formal
Use to:
-  people who older than you
- people whom you respect
- when you meet person (not younger than you)  first time

Example:
You may say Hello to your:
-teacher
-doctor
-old man/woman
-your parents friends
-strangers in the street who older than you

NB: Sometimes you will hear people condensing the sounds to ‘Здрасте’, which sounds something like [zdrasti]. This form is very common but is considerably less polite.
I’d recommend greeting old people and people whom you really respect using the longer version of the word – Здравствуйте.

Hi = Привет [privet]
Привет – informal
Use to:
-  People who younger than you
- People who the same age as you
- your friends
-your  parents

Other options available refer to different times of day:
Доброе утро. – [dobroe utra] – Good morning.
Добрый день. – [dobryj den'] – Good afternoon.
Добрый вечер. – [dobryj vechir] – Good Evening.

Greetings – singular:
- Здравствуй (not polite and respectful, use to people same age with you)
- Привет
Greetings – plural:
- Здравствуйте (Use to one person in polite version)
- Привет