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I've run in to many conversations where I was asked something in Japanese:
「お元気ですか」、how my weekend was, what kind of music I like, describing family
members, etc. After answering, I have the urge to say "And what about you?" or
something similar as I would in English. My mostly uninformed intuition is to
either restate the original question (which doesn't seem natural to me), or to
say something like 「「name」はどうですか。」.

I'm wondering if there is a common way to ask "How about you?" that has
blanket use in most situations, or if such a phrase has to be tailored to what
is being discussed. I expect the one used for 「お元気ですか」to probably involve a
set phrase that may differ from the rest.
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How to ask "How about you?" after answering a question yourself
「○○（さん）は？」「○○（さん）のほうは？」 are some common ways you could say this. However, you
can also return the question; as in English, this especially depends on how
long the first answer is. As an example, in:

> A：「兄弟はいますか？」
>
> B：「残念ながら一人っ子です。 **Aさんのほうは？** 」

reiterating the question could come off as a bit awkward (but then again,
sometimes you hear people do that). However, if B went on and on about how his
childhood days were boring because he was the only child, and then decided to
ask A, it would make sense to go with something like:

> B：「……そして今に至る、と言ったところですかね。」
>
> A：「はぁ……一人っ子は大変ですね。」
>
> B:「ええ、本当にそうなんですよ。 …それで、 **Aさんのほうは？兄弟はいますか？** 」

Also, you can use Aさんのほうこそ if you want to give the nuance that A's answer is
more relevant in one way or another. Kind of like in "Forget about me; what
about you?". E.g. (with an [informal
tone](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%9F%E3%82%81%E5%8F%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%A1%E5%8F%A3-322480)):

> A:「ねー、Bってさ、ぶっちゃけさ、彼氏とかいるの？」
>
> B：「あ、うーん……それがさあ、ずっと探してはいるんだけど全然見つからないんだよねえ。 **Aこそどうなのよ**
> ？このタイミングでその話を振ったってことは、まさか……」
>
> A:「ふふーん、実は…」

etc.
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