Mi madre le manda/envía recuerdos/saludos.
My mother sends her regards.29.3 Asking people how they are
To ask someone how he or she is, Spanish normally uses the following expressions:Informal:
¿Cómo estás?
How are you?
¿Qué tal?
How are you?, How are things?
¿Qué hay? (especially Spain)
How are things?
Formal:
¿Cómo está usted? How are you?^22 (p. 103); 12.1 (p. 48)
Alongside these expressions, especially in Latin America you will often hear forms
like¿cómo te va? (informal), and¿cómo le va? (formal), ‘how are things?’, ‘how is
it going?’Most people will reply to the greetings above with the standard (Muy) bien, gracias,
¿y tú/usted?‘(Very) well, thank you, and you?’ But sometimes you may hear things
like regular, ‘so-so’, or, in Spain, the very informal tirando, (from tirar, ‘to get by’),
‘not too bad’ or ‘we’re getting by’. This verb is a taboo word in some Latin American
countries and so it should be avoided.To ask how someone else is, use:Informal:
¿Cómo está tu familia?
How is your family?
¿Cómo están tus hijos?
How are your children?
Formal:
¿Cómo está su marido? How is your husband?
¿Cómo están sus padres? How are your parents?Asking people how they are 29.3