So, as we're going over some basic conversations in Spanish,
in this video will talk about how to ask somebody "what their name is."
Notice that if something is in parentheses, it's optional
or possibly used for emphasis.
So, if you want to ask somebody what their name is,
you could use the question, "¿Cómo te llamas?"
"¿Cómo te llamas?"
And you can also put the "tú" in there. "¿Cómo te llamas tú?"
"¿Cómo te llamas tú?"
And "tú" isn't really necessary because "llamas" itself is the "you"
form of the action.
But we might also use a different form to show somebody respect.
And you could use the phrase, "¿Cómo se llama usted?"
"¿Cómo se llama usted?"
And notice that the double "L" in this is often pronounced
like a "Y" in many accents.
Although that might vary from country to country.
And to answer this, you would just say, "Me llamo."
"Me llamo."
Let's see a few examples.
"¿Cómo te llamas?"
"Me llamo Diego."
"¿Cómo te llamas?"
"Me llamo Ana."
"¿Cómo se llama usted?"
"Me llamo Rebeca."
"¿Cómo se llama usted?"
"Me llamo Nicolás."
So, to review to ask someone, "what is your name?" in Spanish,
you can use, "¿Cómo te llamas?" or "¿Cómo se llama usted?"
While answering, "Me llamo."
But there's also another way to ask people "what their name is"
in Spanish.
And you might come across this one as well.
And that is the phrase, "¿Cuál es tu nombre?"
which [is literally translated?] to "which is your name?"
"¿Cuál es tu nombre?"
And if you want to be polite, "¿Cuál es su nombre?"
"¿Cuál es su nombre?"
And, to answer that, you would say,
"Mi nombre es."
And then your name.
So, to summarize, we have multiple ways to ask someone for their name,
"¿Cómo te llamas?"
"¿Cómo se llama usted?"
"¿Cuál es tu nombre?"
O "¿Cuál es su nombre?"
And then to answer those, we could say "Me llamo."
Or "Mi nombre es."
You might notice that people learning Spanish will often think
that "me llamo" means "my name."
So, they'll say, "me llamo es."
[This would actually translate?] to "I call myself is" and then the name.
So, it kind of sounds funny to a person who speaks Spanish
and it is their first language.
But if you want the literal translation of "my name is"
you could use the "Mi nombre es" version, instead.
Well, that's it for this video and asking someone "what their name is."
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