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
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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German has four grammatical cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), and genitive (possession). The case determines the form of articles and adjectives. For example, "the dog" is "der Hund" as a subject but "den Hund" as a direct object.
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