I wanted to ask that to a friend that is also studying Japanese about how he is doing, and thought maybe asking "日本語の勉強はどうですか。" but I have no idea if it is correct. How do I say "how is (something) going?"
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In a Japanese question, you ALWAYS need to tell the teller and receiver. It'll be different depending on hierarchy. – Alexis Jun 13 at 9:33
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What do you mean by telling the teller and receiver? – programmer with problems Jun 13 at 16:52
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1Who say that? toward who? It'll be different if it's a student to another student or different hierarchy. I say that because your sentence seems too polite/unnatural for student-student conversation. – Alexis Jun 13 at 22:54
You're right. You can also say 日本語の勉強、どう？ assuming that you're close enough to be casual to each other.
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2I would love to see a comment or two from native speakers. Would anyone really say that? Sounds to me pretty awkward - in terms of flow - to omit は and end abruptly at どう at the same time. – macraf Jun 12 at 6:21
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Yeah, I'd like to know too. I might be saying it wrong all along. I do hear 最近、どう？ from a friend but I'm not quite sure. – rebuuilt Jun 12 at 8:41
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最近、どう？is just asking for news, not necessary studies. "How have you been recently?" – Alexis Jun 13 at 9:29
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Yes that's right. What I wanted to point out is that structurally, in terms of dropping particles, they look similar. – rebuuilt Jun 13 at 10:31
