Speak Like a Native | DON'T say 'I'M FINE'

Do you say, "I'm fine" when someone asks you how you're doing?

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[whitestone]

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[moistsalem]

I am a native English speaker and I live in USA. We all answer “I’m fine” when someone asks how are you, and depending on the person they will in return ask how you are. Saying “I’m fine” usually indicates that you feel neutral, not too happy not too sad, or aren’t feeling that great and just don’t want to worry the person.

[AndrewGoddardEnglishlessons]

I'm a native speaker from England and we say "I'm fine, " regularly in answer to this question.

[Xianne]

As an American and a business English trainer, I also answer with "fine" and I recommend that response to my clients as well. It's neutral and easier for beginning non-natives to remember.

[Otaviogauchors]

I'm from Brazil and here we learn to say "I'm fine" "so-so" but it's great to know others ways to say that.
Thanks

[lokki]

I can't speak for the people this guy knows but I was born and raised in England. I've spent an awful lot of time in English speaking countries, including Australia, New Zealand and the USA, and still travel widely within the UK. It is EXTREMELY COMMON for native English speakers to answer "I'm fine" to the first question!

[richardmccallister]

I'm a native speaker in Chicago in the US. Hearing "Fine" or "I'm Fine" as answers to "How are you?" or "How are you doing" sounds perfectly normal to me. "Fine, thanks" is another answer I've heard a lot.
"Fine" is just fine.

[ahmedtalib]

I'm student from Brazil and we use " I'm ok/fine/good/so-so" all the time. The English-workbooks teaching in this way. Thanks for the class.

[lizdacosta]

I´ve been a native for 56 years and I always say I´m fine and so does everyone else. It´s a formality, part of a greeting that´s all. No one really wants to know how you actually are (except people close to us), we just greet each other like this.

[EssentialEnglishIdioms]

'I'm fine' or 'Fine, thanks, how are you' are probably the most common answers to 'how are you' in the USA and the UK. It's also not all that important as long as your response is polite, brief, and appropriate to the situation. The latter is perhaps the most important as you would only give an 'honest' answer to close friends and family. People don't really want to know how you are doing. It's a phatic or formulaic greeting that demands an equally formulaic response, like 'fine, thanks, and you' even if you are not doing well.

[englishwithaltini]

The idea is to use more colorful language, which is something I always try to encourage my students to do. “I’m fine” is totally correct, but it can be boring sometimes. Great video for ESL/EFL learners.

I have never ever heard of hunky dory. I do not recommend anyone use that.

[masha]

Thank you for your lessons!!!❤I moved to Canada 1 year ago and i am watching your videos all the time.

[corinnescagliola]

Hi from France ! Sounds like non native English speakers like me trying to improve their skills here forget to just say...Thank you ! So I do it because I really appreciate the clear voice and explanations. I can write but find it hard to understand oral English. But here I MADE IT ALL OUT ! Many thanks again, I will listen to all your videos.

[evaabreu]

I'm not an English native speaker, however I appreciate and value so much what you explained and taught which enrich our ways of expression. Some acquaintances used to text me 'I hope everything is fine to you' due that I might confuse about what to answer/tell them . Thank you.

[fernando_her]

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[saraliquefy]

"I'm doing great, thanks." But most of the times it's not true😂

[michaelwilliams]

I'm American, a native English speaker, and I have heard the response "so so", and have used it myself. Of course, it is a little bit negative, and generally people prefer to say something more positive as a response. So although it is not as common a response as some, it is not all that uncommon either, in my opinion.

[chanwaiming]

I was asked : "How are you ?" at church in Australia by an elderly Christian lady. As usual, I replied: " I am fine, thanks." She said: " Only God is good." A few seconds later, she asked me the same question again. I gave her the same answer without thinking about what she just said. Obviously she thought that I was not a good learner and she was very disappointed. Nowadays I still give the same answer after more than 20 years after.

[bjolantanni]

How are you doing ?
I'm surviving.

[RobertoDG]

Hi, i'm doing great, you?
I'm a English learner, and my goal would be speaking like a native. And this channel allways gives me nice tips.