How Are You: Kedu ka ị mere

Level 1

Ask Kedu ka ị mere? Answer Adị m mma.

How It Works

This is the usual way to ask how someone is. The words are kedu “how”, ka, the pronoun for you, and mere, the past of me “do”.

Say	Meaning
Kedu ka ị mere?	How are you?
Adị m mma.	I am well.
Ọ dị mma.	It is fine.
Adị m mma, daalụ.	I am well, thank you.

The pronoun is spelled ị in many printed greetings and i in others. Both are read the same. Ask it to one person, and use Kedu ka unu mere? for more than one.

Examples (4)

Kedu ka ị mere?
How are you?
The standard greeting question.
Adị m mma.
I am well.
Dị with m.
Ọ dị mma.
It is fine.
A short answer.
Adị m mma, daalụ.
I am well, thank you.
Add daalụ to be polite.

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How Are You: Kedu ka ị mereLevel 1

Learn This First

This is a greeting built on kedu, so kedu comes first.

kedu: How or Which
Know kedu, because the greeting is a kedu question: Kedu ka ị mere? “how are you?”.
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Words in This Pattern

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