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Originally Posted by JamboP26
I've used 'O-Genki desu ka?' before, but never heard of 'Genki datta', so thank you.
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Please be sure that it’s “Genki datta?” It is a question and the subject is a person you are talking to. That means “How have you been”?
If you write ”Genki datta”, the subject is yourself, and that means “I’ve been fine”. However, few people say so, because that is confusing.
Don’t forget the question mark!
And if you want to write “I’ve been fine” or “I’m fine”, the sentence should be “Watashi wa genki yo” (casual) or, “Watashi wa genki desu”(formal).
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Can you use 'Genki?' on the phone or in e-mail when you are required to be formal, like when talking to a boss, or higher authority?
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The polite expression is “Ogenki desuka?”
The more polite expression is “Ogenki de irasshaimasuka?”
The most polite one is “Ogenki de irassharu kototo zonjimasu.”
I think “Ogenki desuka?” will do.
You can say “Genki?” only to your friends.
I have put spaces between words here, but usually I use The Japanese letters and we don’t use spaces. So I don’t know how to insert spaces correctly when writing Japanese with alphabets.