2006-06-28 06:46:36 · 9 answers · asked by It's Me! 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Wie geht es Ihnen?- polite
Wie geht's?- street slang
2006-06-28 06:49:54 · answer #1 · answered by sillyboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wie geht's Ihnen - formal
Wie geht's (du) - informal (not street slang)
use the informal if you are on first name terms with that person
pronounced vee gates een-en/do
2006-06-28 13:51:08 · answer #2 · answered by nem0nem 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phonetic version is:
Vo (or Fvo) beest du?
and when the question comes back at you, you reply,
Sehr gut (pronounced goot), danke
Have fun learning German!
2006-06-28 13:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
German (Central Europe) Wie geht es Ihnen?
German (Central Europe) Wie geht's?
German (Central Europe) [informal] Wie geht es dir?
German (Central Europe) [good, thank you] Sehr gut, danke
German (Austria) [fine] [inf spoken lang.] Eh guat
German (Switzerland) [inf. spoken lang.] Wie goht's?
German (Switzerland) [inf. spoken lang.] Wie gaht's?
German [Hessisch] (Germany) Guude wiie?
German [Südhessisch] (Germany) Wie geht'ss Ihne?
Take care
2006-06-28 15:08:57 · answer #4 · answered by kida_w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've received some good answers. However, old lady is giving you the pronunciation for "Wo bist du?" which is German for "Where are you?"
2006-06-28 13:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by warehaus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to sound files here:
Wie geht es Ihnen? (formal) http://german.about.com/library/media/sound/wgihnen2.wav
Wie geht`s? (informal) http://german.about.com/library/media/sound/wieghts.wav
2006-07-05 05:47:48 · answer #6 · answered by ~dalux~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like, "Ach, Du lebst ja als noch."
2006-06-28 14:01:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is pronounced "vee gets" (informal) or "vee get es eennen" (formal).
2006-06-28 15:59:08 · answer #8 · answered by Belindita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like:
vee gates?
2006-06-28 13:50:31 · answer #9 · answered by jaybird 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋