About "how are you? I'm fine."
Everytime when people say "how are you?",I really don't know what to say except"I'm fine,thank you,and you?".but it's too perfunctory and makes me look stupid.[emoji]
If I just say"I'm fine",It looks really impolite.
So I would like to ask, if it is you, how would you say to make the other person feel comfortable?
besides, can you please help me to correct the mistakes in the sentence?
Thank U .

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About "how are you?   I'm fine."
Everytime when people say "how are you?",I really don't know what to say except"I'm fine,thank you,and you?".but it's too perfunctory and makes me look stupid.[emoji]
If I just say"I'm fine",It looks really impolite.
So I would like to ask, if it is you, how would you say to make the other person feel comfortable?
besides, can you please help me to correct the mistakes in the sentence?
Thank U .

Answer

"I'm fine." is the answer that makes people feel comfortable.  I don't understand why you don't like that answer.  However, you could also answer "Great! and you?"  "Good, and you?"  "Pretty good.  How are you?"  or "Excellent.  How are you today?"
It's a perfunctory question.
You give a perfunctory answer.  Anything much more than the above will make people uncomfortable.

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[Positive]
I'm excellent
I'm great
I'm good
I'm okay/ok

I'm not good
I'm not very/so good
[Negative]

Just some things you can say

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Hi, Bei!
*If it were you, how would you say...

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It is a totally perfunctory question, so 99% of people generally give a perfunctory answer. So, I wouldn't worry.

I actually had an interesting incident with a German student I was teaching recently. I asked her how she was ... and she responded by asking me if I really cared or if I was just asking to be polite. It was a pretty awkward situation.

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