(a) How do you spell “coming”? C-O-M-I-N-G
(b) How do you say “yes” in Japanese? Hai
(c) How do you say/pronounce this word?
To Answer (a): spell the word
To answer (b): say the word
To answer (c): pronounce the word
(d) How are you getting along?
(e) How are you doing?
(f) How’s it going?
(Great, fine, okay, so-so)
In (d), (e), and (f): how is your life? Is your life okay? Do you have any problem?
Note: (f) is also used in greetings: Hi, Bob. How’s going?
(g) How do you feel?
How are you feeling?
(Terrific, wonderful, great, fine, okay, so-so, a bit under the weather, not so good, terrible/lousy/awful)
The question in (g) asks about health or about general emotional state.
(h) How do you do? How do you do?
How do you do? Is used to by both speakers when they are introduced to each other in a somewhat formal situation.
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