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9 Oct 2017
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What is the difference between 잘지냈어요? and 어떻게지내? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 잘지냈어요? and 어떻게지내? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Korean
I think that there is no difference.
When you meet your friends even old friends, you can say the two sentences above.
it means How are you ? or How have you been ?

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@tinycanadian so it isnt related to anything as being formal or informal?
- Korean
@mary141998
잘지냈어요 is more formal expression than 어떻게 지내?

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- Korean
How have you been?
formal :
잘 지냈어요?
잘 지냈습니까?
informal :
잘 지냈니?
잘 지냈어?
How are you?
formal :
어떻게 지내세요?
어떻게 지내십니까?
informal :
어떻게 지내?
어떻게 지내니?

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