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Hello, friend! Good Day! Saluton, amiko! Bonan tagon!
In these sentences, you may be surprised by the use of the accusative -n ending in the words saluton, bonan, and tagon. In these sentences, there is no spoken subject; thus, they are understood to mean something like "I give you Salutation" and "I wish a Good Day to you". Hence, the direct object form is used.
How are you doing? Kiel vi fartas?
Possibly the most shocking word in Esperanto to an English-speaker's ear is farti (*). Amazingly, Zamenhof derived this from an English word: "to fare" (seen in "farewell"). It refers to the general state of one's well-being. It's not hard to get used to it, but if you are genuinely bothered by this word, you may also say:
How are you having-health? Kiel vi sanas?
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