... in response to Reply to "How are you", posted by jj on Oct 1, 2001the question itself can be formed in many ways :
как дела? -most common, quite familiar(how are things)
как ты (вы) пажуваешь(-ваете)-polite way
or maybe
как ты(вы) себя чувствуешь(-вуете) -is more :-How do you feel?(pronounce "Tshustvuyesh" or sth approaching)
but you can give the same sort of of answer to all of these qzestions
фсл( or: очень) хорошо all is(or very) good
нормално normal
прикрасно excellent
плохо bad
... ...
and i guess tht's it for the essential...