YOU SAID:
Hey buddy, still alive?
INTO JAPANESE
ねえ、まだ生きてる?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hey, are you still alive?
INTO JAPANESE
お元気ですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
How are you today?
INTO JAPANESE
お元気ですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
How are you today?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.