How to respond to "What's up?"

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! o& @# n. k  C% b1 jHow to respond to "How are you?", "What's up?", and other conversation starters
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3 A1 H9 Y/ F( ?! x, RThere are a few questions that English speakers ask at the beginning of a conversation. These questions are simple tools to find out if there are any interesting topics to discuss.
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. b  j) a' L: h1 _5 d1 IYou've certainly heard these questions, but you might be confused about how to answer. Here's a list of common answers to the questions "How are you?", "How's it going?", "What's up?", and "What's happening?"

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  h- |9 K  k0 sFine.
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+ V4 i% `, m2 c4 T" q/ D! hThis is a simple, straight answer. If you don't say anything else, though, it might be a signal that you don't want to continue the conversation.

Not bad.

This is a more friendly-sounding answer than "fine".

: Y7 |9 E, f% a$ FFine, thanks.

9 q0 L, J/ l, i* I) u/ i. [This answer is formal. You might answer this way if someone you don't know, like a waiter at a restaurant, asks how you are.

Very well, thanks.
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6 _( R. z8 T& ^" }2 T$ c7 C; M+ ~A person who likes to be grammatically proper might answer this way. Technically, the question "How...?" should be answered with an adverb. However, a lot of English speakers don't know or care about this. The people who do are "by the books" types who insist on using grammatically correct language.

! r2 D4 K$ f+ k) E! v, v1 s' BPretty good.
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If you don't care as much about grammar, you can answer "Good" or "Pretty good". It's more common and much, much more casual.
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+ ^/ t& M# c4 r2 K) {Great! How are you doing?

% A" n* u5 Y. j# QThis is an enthusiastic, excited response. It's always good to ask a question back to the other person if you want to continue the conversation.
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I'm hanging in there.
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3 M0 _  A4 T! g1 l3 AThis answer makes it sound like you're having a tough day.
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I've been better.
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( U7 m. C/ h% H7 O0 ]People usually give positive answers to the question "How are you?" If you give a negative answer like this one, it usually means that you want to tell the listener your sad story. So they'll usually ask what's wrong:
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% \8 J. i6 k1 s9 gA: How are you?

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A: What's wrong?

B: I just found out that I'm being laid off.

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This question is similar to "How are you". The answers discussed above all work for "How's it going?" as well.
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Here's another answer that will also work for "How's it going", but not for "How are you?"

, k" W! s7 j' j. C" b- g5 CIt's going well.
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This is a friendly, polite answer that's suitable for coworkers, clients, and acquaintances that you haven't seen in a while.

What's up?
& n$ W( I5 W9 p) KThis question means "What's happening in your life?" But you don't have to answer honestly. If you don't want to start a long conversation, you can use one of these standard replies:
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2 F" e6 b' H1 d7 @3 ]2 HNothing much.

0 ?6 E* }1 A7 r( C" FThis is the most common answer. You can follow it by sharing something interesting that's happening: "Nothing much. Just getting ready for Vanessa's graduation."

Not a lot.
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This is another really common answer. It's just a bit fresher than "Nothing much" because it's a little less common.
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% I! T+ {' d# f( Y1 f+ u* ^& N" kNothing.
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This is more to-the-point. It might make you seem a little angry or rude.
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  y1 ?3 Z1 T( B) u6 |3 t* v/ ^Oh, just the usual.
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Answer this way if you do mostly the same things each day.

Just the same old same old.

& s: o% V2 Y6 TThis phrase means that you're doing the same things every day, and you're a little bored of it.

Oh gosh, all kinds of stuff!
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You can answer this way if your life has been really busy and exciting lately.

0 U0 P2 U3 |9 r" z/ WWhat's happening?
This question means the same thing as "What's up" and can be answered in the same way.
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martins

我很烦有人这么打招呼，感觉是小流氓和黑人专用问候语，我一般都回应，“我操你妈”

恰似你的温柔

lol,,,,,,boooooo

pretty

martins 发表于 2015-11-2 21:55
* D3 B6 R( o/ C% Y' q' j' T8 }% `我很烦有人这么打招呼，感觉是小流氓和黑人专用问候语，我一般都回应，“我操你妈”

2 b- l6 g, F. \" M不会吧？年轻人喜欢这么问候。真没觉得怎么啊？

白马啸西枫

Not much

白马啸西枫

Same O same O, same old shit on different hole