How Are You in Filipino

Saurabh, an Indian colleague, asked me , “Orlee, how are you in Filipino?”
“Perfect. It’s my first language so I speak it very well.”
“No,” he told me, “What is Filipino?”
“It’s a language. Based on Tagalog. Tagalog is a dialect but the whole Philippines speaks it so it’s called Filipino.”
“So how are you?”
“I’m fine.”
“What is HOW ARE YOU IN FILIPINO!?”
I laughed when I realized it, “Kamusta ka…”