How do you respond to allez-vous?

Answer 1

If you are referring to the common question "Comment allez-vous ?" there are many ways to answer.

Alone, "allez-vous" would just mean "do you go?" However, when you add the word "Comment," the question is like asking "How are you?" Or perhaps "How's it going?" but more formal (since the formal or plural pronoun "vous" is used. Literally "How are you going?" though no one would translate it as such.)

Just like in English, there are many ways to ask this and many ways to answer. If you want to say that you are doing well, you might say "Je vais bien."

If you don't want to conjugate this question or answer according to the appropriate pronoun, a less formal way to ask "How are you?" could be as simple as "Ca va ?" or "Comment ça va ?" (Note: the "ç" sounds like the letter "s.")

Possible answers to "Comment ça va ?" include:

Ca va bien (doing well)

Ca va comme ci comme ça (so-so) [Sa va kom see kom sa]

Ca va mal (bad)

I hope the latter is not how you're doing (or "going" in French).

Of course, if this is a completely different question (since you omitted the word "Comment"), the answer would depend on the question. If someone is asking if you're going, a good starting point might be "Je vais..." ("I am going...")

Hope that gets you going in the right direction. Ca va ?

Answer 2

"Oui, je vais bien, merci. Et vous?" (Translation: "Yes, I'm doing well, thank you. And you?")