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'''How''' is a ''wh-'' word, which means that it marks something that is unknown.  It is used when you want to know the method, the manner, or the way something is done, or is going.
 
'''How''' is a ''wh-'' word, which means that it marks something that is unknown.  It is used when you want to know the method, the manner, or the way something is done, or is going.
  
*How are you doing?  (''comment vas-tu?'')
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*How are you doing?  <span style="font-variant:italics;color:#888;">comment vas-tu?</span>
 
*How do you do? (''comment allez-vous?'' <-- used only when you meet someone for the first time ever)
 
*How do you do? (''comment allez-vous?'' <-- used only when you meet someone for the first time ever)
 
*How is it going? (''(comment) ça va?'')
 
*How is it going? (''(comment) ça va?'')

Revision as of 15:19, 11 April 2020

How is a wh- word, which means that it marks something that is unknown. It is used when you want to know the method, the manner, or the way something is done, or is going.

  • How are you doing? comment vas-tu?
  • How do you do? (comment allez-vous? <-- used only when you meet someone for the first time ever)
  • How is it going? ((comment) ça va?)