Hi guys and Happy New Year!
I'd like to ask you the natives here how to ask feelings of the past.
Normally "How are you" is the typical way though, when it comes to the past emotions, is that correct to say "How were you?"
For example:
a: How was your math test?
b: It was good.
a: And how were you?
b: I was so happy!!
I thought we can grammatically apply "how were you?" in this way but I'm not sure.
I'd like to ask you the natives here how to ask feelings of the past.
Normally "How are you" is the typical way though, when it comes to the past emotions, is that correct to say "How were you?"
For example:
a: How was your math test?
b: It was good.
a: And how were you?
b: I was so happy!!
I thought we can grammatically apply "how were you?" in this way but I'm not sure.
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What an interesting grammar point!!
I'm not sure if I've ever said, "how were you?" It does make sense to say this doesn't it? Because "were" is the past tense of "are"
I think to ask feelings of the past, you would say, "How was your. . . (fill in the blank)" Or "How did you feel about. . . (fill in the blank)"
a. How was your math test?
b. It was good.
a. And how did you feel about it?
Most likely someone would say how they felt about the math test.
ex. it was difficult. I'm pretty happy with my answers. or something like that.
So I guess I'd say, in order to ask about past feelings, you would ask, "So, how did you feel about . . . " OR "How was your. . "
how did you feel about last year?
how was your vacation?
how was your driving test?
how did you feel about John's friend?
Does that help?
Anybody else is free to correct me.
I'm not sure if I've ever said, "how were you?" It does make sense to say this doesn't it? Because "were" is the past tense of "are"
I think to ask feelings of the past, you would say, "How was your. . . (fill in the blank)" Or "How did you feel about. . . (fill in the blank)"
a. How was your math test?
b. It was good.
a. And how did you feel about it?
Most likely someone would say how they felt about the math test.
ex. it was difficult. I'm pretty happy with my answers. or something like that.
So I guess I'd say, in order to ask about past feelings, you would ask, "So, how did you feel about . . . " OR "How was your. . "
how did you feel about last year?
how was your vacation?
how was your driving test?
how did you feel about John's friend?
Does that help?
Anybody else is free to correct me.
To take the original example
>a: How was your math test?
>b: It was good.
>a: And how were you?
>b: I was so happy!!
You wouldn't ask "And how were you?" but instead "how did that make you feel?"
But it sounds like you're sitting in a psychiatrist's couch and the person would be waiting for the next line "tell me about your mother".
To get more of an answer, you'd could just go with what Ian said.
>a: How was your math test?
>b: It was good.
>a: And how were you?
>b: I was so happy!!
You wouldn't ask "And how were you?" but instead "how did that make you feel?"
But it sounds like you're sitting in a psychiatrist's couch and the person would be waiting for the next line "tell me about your mother".
To get more of an answer, you'd could just go with what Ian said.
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