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Wie geht es Ihnen?

Wie geht es Ihnen?
How are you? polite

Breakdown of Wie geht es Ihnen?

wie
how
You have seen 'wie' in the question about the name before. We tend to rather ask 'How is your name?' than 'What is your name?'
gehen
to go
es
it
Ihnen
Sie - dative case
Du - dir
Sie - Ihnen

We'll look at how this works out later, just try to link them together in your brain for now :D

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