Would you say:
Comment était votre journée au travail?
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1Ça s'est bien passé, ta journée au boulot ?– jlliagreOct 5, 2017 at 3:48
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@jlliagre thanks!! and you could say that while they are still at work, it doesn't have to be after they are finished?– K FryOct 5, 2017 at 3:53
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It does indeed.– jlliagreOct 5, 2017 at 12:49
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"était" implies that the work day is over.
You could say:
Comment se passe ta journée (au boulot/ au travail) ?
If you don't mention "au boulot/au travail", that's implicit in my opinion.
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I agree with the option (au boulot / au travail) as I think that we don't want to focus on work aspect only and take the whole day as such.– Al-unOct 6, 2017 at 0:15
I think this is an american tradition. One can translate it but no french speaker would talk like that.
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Je ne suis pas d'accord. On demande la même chose en France, mais parfois avec des mots différents.– SteffXOct 6, 2017 at 16:49
A better phrase would be :
Comment s'est passée votre journée de travail ?
I wouldn't refer to work explicitly, but ask, "How is it going?" -- Comment ça va ? -- or, Ça va bien ? -- or just, Ça va ?
If I wanted to ask for a detailed report about work, maybe, Elle était comment, votre journée au travail ?
Ça s'est bien passé, ta journée au boulot ? invites a one word answer (and is familiar, using ta instead of votre).
Note that était is past tense ("was"), which doesn't match the title of the question ("is going", present tense).
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Il était comment, votre journée is a typical native English speaker French mistake ;-)– jlliagreOct 6, 2017 at 11:05
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Is it? :-) I'm trying to learn to be less formal, but (according to your criticism) I haven't got the hang of it properly.– ChrisWOct 6, 2017 at 11:14
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Thank you. It used to amaze me that I knew the genders of words; but now, after 40 years of not using French, that ability is not reliable any more.– ChrisWOct 6, 2017 at 11:24
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About formality, the reason why I used tu in my comment is I guess you are much more likely to ask this question to your partner, child, parent or other family member, a friend or a colleague instead of someone you vouvoie.– jlliagreOct 6, 2017 at 11:59