YOU SAID:
hello there friend how are you?
INTO JAPANESE
こんにちは、お元気ですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hello, how are you?
INTO JAPANESE
こんにちは元気ですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hello how are you?
INTO JAPANESE
こんにちは元気ですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hello how are you?
Come on, you can do better than that.