Small talk: How I'm feeling right now

💬 [Wie geht es dir?] is the common German pattern for asking how someone is, not a word-for-word [how goes it to you] in English. You can swap [dir] for [Ihnen] to make it formal: [Wie geht es Ihnen?].

💬 In questions like this, the verb comes first: [Wie geht es dir heute?]. The same pattern works with other verbs too, like [Wie heißt du?].

💬 German often says how someone is with [mir geht es ...] rather than [ich bin ...]. You can reuse it with many endings: [Mir geht es gut], [Mir geht es schlecht], [Mir geht es besser].

💬 [ganz] often means [quite] or [fairly] here, not always [completely]. So [ganz gut] is a natural, slightly modest way to say you're doing pretty well.

💬 [Mir geht es ...] is one of the most natural ways to talk about how you're feeling right now. You can swap the ending: [Mir geht es gut], [Mir geht es nicht so gut], [Mir geht es super].

💬 After [freut], German uses [mich], not [ich]: [Das freut mich]. The same kind of change happens in [Das interessiert mich].

💬 [freuen] is often used with what causes the feeling as the subject: [Das freut mich] = literally [that pleases me]. The same pattern works with [Das überrascht mich] and [Das ärgert mich].