Ja, (das) mach ich (gern).
Yes, I’ll (gladly/certainly) do that.
Auf jeden Fall.
Certainly/I certainly will.
Ja!/Jawohl!/Ja, (aber) natürlich/selbstverständlich.
Of course (I will).
Gerne.
Gladly.
(Ganz) bestimmt./Ja, (ganz) sicher.
I (most) certainly will.
Na klar./Aber sicher.
Sure, of course.
60.5 Enquiring about well being
(a) To ask someone how they are, use:
Wie geht’s?/Wie geht es Ihnen?/Wie geht’s dir?
How are you?
This structure requires the dative of the person, when mentioned, and the subject of the
verb is always es. Responses could include:
Danke, gut/es geht.
Thanks, I’m well/I’m OK.
Es geht mir/uns sehr gut/bestens.
I am/we are very well/extremely well.
Wir sind alle ganz gesund/wohlauf.
We are all very well/in good health.
Note that wohlauf is now considered a little old-fashioned.
Na ja, es geht!
Oh, all right.
Danke, einigermaßen.
Not so bad, thanks.
Alternatively, if things are not so good:
Mir geht’s schlecht.
I’m not well/I’m ill.
Es geht (mir) nicht so gut/gar nicht gut.
I’m not too well/not at all well.
(b) To return the question, use:
Und (wie geht es) dir/euch/Ihnen?
And how are you/what about you?
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