- "how are you?"
- "i'm happy."
what?
- "do you say 'i'm happy' when you're asked this question in french?"
- "non."
- "voila, we don't use that particular expression in english either, well, most of the time, no."
i have got a couple of kids who are happy.
and 2 kids who are so-so.
3 kids who are "how are you".
to sum the greetings lesson up, i told my kids:
the ONLY answer to "how are you" is "i'm fine, thank you." nothing else.
well, maybe "and you" at the end to keep the conversation going.
if not we could easily be talking about the weather for at least 5 more minutes.
i'm thinking whether i shall introduce "how do you do" to them.
it might get really confusing for them and they'll answer me "i'm fine, thanks".
utter n'importe-quoi-ness.
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