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Let's look at some more examples.
Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.
Tudo bem?
Tudo bem, obrigado.
Tudo bem?
Tudo bem, obrigado.
Tudo bem?
Tudo bem, obrigada.
Tudo bem?
Tudo bem, obrigada.
Tudo bem com o senhor?
Tudo ótimo.
Tudo bem com o senhor?
Tudo ótimo.
Tudo bem?
Mais ou menos, e você?
Tudo bem?
Mais ou menos, e você?
Como vai a senhora?
Tudo bem.
Como vai a senhora?
Tudo bem.
Did you notice how the last speaker uses a different pattern?
Como vai a senhora?
"How are you, ma'am?"
First is como, "how." Como. Como.
Next is vai, which translates as "are," as "how are [you]," in this context. Vai. Vai.
Note: vai, literally means "goes," as in [he] goes," or "[she] goes," depending on the gender of the person being addressed.
Vai is from the verb ir, meaning "to go." Ir.
Last is a senhora, "ma'am." A senhora.
All together it's Como vai a senhora?, literally "How does ma'am go?" but it translates as "How are you, ma'am?"
Como vai a senhora?
To address a male, use o senhor, "sir."
Como vai o senhor?
"How are you, sir?"

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