recover from

[ratóncolorao]

Hello,

I would like to know the differences in meaning between these two sentences - if both of them are idiomatic.

Are you already recovered from your cold?

Have you already recovered from your cold?

Thank you very much.

 

[5jj]

Both are fine, though the first sounds slightly dated to me. Both are fairly formal; we'd be more likely to hear: Have you got over your cold (already)?

 

[doodles]

Have you recovered from your cold?
Have you got over your cold?

Both phrases can be used with 'yet'.

 

[5jj]

Theycan indeed, though with a different shade of meaning.

'Already' suggests that the person enquiring may be a little surprised at the apparent speed of recovery. 'Yet' carries no such suggestion.