Questions & Answers about Как дела? Я хорошо отдыхаю.
Why does Как дела? mean "How are you?" if there is no word for "you" in it?
Как дела? is a set phrase that literally means "How are things?" or "How is business?" Как means "how" and дела is the plural of дело (business, affair, matter). It is the most common casual way to ask how someone is doing.
Why use хорошо here instead of a regular adjective for "good"?
How do we know отдыхаю means "am resting" rather than just "rest"?
Russian does not have a separate continuous tense like "am doing" in English. The present tense verb отдыхаю translates to both "I rest" and "I am resting." You can tell from the conversation that it is happening right now.
Can I change the word order and say Я отдыхаю хорошо?
Yes, you can. Russian word order is very flexible. Putting the adverb хорошо before the verb отдыхаю is just a very natural and common way to phrase it, but both orders are perfectly correct and mean the same thing.
Learn Как дела? Я хорошо отдыхаю and more in Russian
All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.
- ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
- ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
- ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free