cossí vas? cossí anatz?

How Are You

Level 1

Cossí means how, and the verb anar (to go) is the one used for how things go.

How It Works

The question uses the verb anar (to go), the same verb as in Vau al mercat. It asks how things are going.

You speak to	Ask	Answer
a friend (tu)	Cossí vas?	Plan, mercé. E tu?
anyone else (vos)	Cossí anatz?	Plan, mercé. E vos?

The subject pronoun is dropped. The ending -s in vas shows tu, and the ending -tz in anatz shows vos.

Plan means well. It keeps its final n in writing, even though you hardly hear it.

This is a common first sentence after Bonjorn or Adieu.

Cossí vas?
How are you?
Vas is the tu form of anar.
Cossí anatz?
How are you?
Anatz is the vos form, so it is polite.
Cossí vas, Joan?
How are you, Joan?
Put the name after the question.
Plan, mercé.
Well, thank you.
The usual short answer.
Plan, mercé. E vos?
Well, thank you. And you?
E vos? asks the same question back politely.

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cossí vas? cossí anatz?Level 1How Are You

Cossí vas and cossí anatz are the same question for two kinds of listener, so the greetings and the tu and vos choice come first.

Patterns that build on this one.

cossíanar

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