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Basic Conversation in Spanish - What's your name

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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?"