Meeting the in laws again: Family updates and events

🇩🇪 [Wie geht es Ihnen?] is the polite version, suitable with in-laws if you still use [Sie] with them. If the family is on [du] terms, [Wie geht's dir?] is what locals would usually say instead.

💬 [Ihnen] is the polite [you], so this matches [Sie], not [du]. The informal version is [Wie geht es dir?].

🇩🇪 This is a standard polite opener, but with many families it can sound a bit distant if everyone normally uses [du]. Use it when you really are on formal terms with the in-laws.

💬 German often says [Mir geht es gut] or [Uns geht es gut] literally '[to me/us] it goes well' instead of using [sein]. You can swap the first word: [Mir geht es gut], [Ihm geht es gut], [Den Kindern geht es gut].

🇩🇪 In a reply like this, [danke] often means 'thanks for asking' rather than a big heartfelt thank-you. In Germany it's completely normal to add it after a quick wellbeing update.

💬 After asking about yourself with [Mir geht es gut], German usually switches to [dir] or [Ihnen] for 'and you?'. So [Und dir?] is informal; the polite version is [Und Ihnen?].

💬 [dir] shows this is the informal version. For someone you address with [Sie], say [Uns geht es gut, danke. Und Ihnen?].

💬 [auch] usually sits before the part it belongs to: [Mir geht es auch gut] = 'I'm also fine too.' You can reuse that pattern in [Ich komme auch morgen] or [Wir sind auch müde].

💬 [auch] often comes before the final adjective or key idea, not necessarily right after the subject. So German prefers [Mir geht es auch gut] over copying English word-for-word.