How would you say this....?
I have an acquaintance who speaks Japanese fluently but I hardly see them. So I would like to ask them things like:

'What have you been up to (recently)?'
'How have you been doing?' (I know お元気ですか。)

Can anyone give be any questions like these that would be useful?

よろしくお願いします。 I really appreciate your time looking at this.

Question

How would you say this....?
I have an acquaintance who speaks Japanese fluently but I hardly see them. So I would like to ask them things like:

'What have you been up to (recently)?'
'How have you been doing?' (I know お元気ですか。)

Can anyone give be any questions like these that would be useful?

よろしくお願いします。 I really appreciate your time looking at this.

Answer

What have you been up to (recently)?
（最近）何してた?  casual　（さいきん）なにしてた?　
（最近）何をしていましたか。usual
（最近）何をされていましたか。polite/honorific

How have you been doing?
どうしてた?  casual
どうしていましたか。usual
どうされていましたか。polite/honorific
いかがお過ごしでしたか。very polite/honorific (formal)  いかがおすごしでしたか。

Answer

Is the acquaintance your friend?

If he(she) isn't , it's formal.

"お元気ですか？"

"お久しぶりです。元気にしてますか？"
(↑ it's the most useful for me. It's not rudeness anyone.)

If he(she) isn't, it's casual.

"元気ー？"

"お久しぶりー！！"

"最近どうしてるかなって思ってました(^^)"

I can't tell you well because  my English is terrible.
If you don't understand them, please ask me :)

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