"How are you?" in Spanish?

Question

may i know the differences between "¿Cómo estás?" & "¡Cómo está" please? i'm a bit confused in these 2 words, because of different accent marks

Answer 1

you know in spanish we have two ways to say the singular (you):

tú ( informally)- conjugated like the second person singular

usted ( formally)- conjugated like the third person singular

if we say: ¿ Cómo estás? .. it means we're asking it to someone we already know and we have a good relationship and we dont need to be formal then.

if we say ¿ Cómo está?.. it means we're speaking to someone very formally like a policeman, a lawgeer, an old person, etc...

in Spain, in the european spanish, we mostly use the " TÚ " form.

while in south-america they mostly use the " USTED" form.

hope it helped

Answer 2

Click for this website:

Greetings - Spanish for Beginners

http://spanish.about.com/library/beginni...

Answer 3

ask spanish people about this