How do you call yourself? in Spanish 🇪🇸

English grammer.

What is your name?

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Breakdown

Cómo = how te= indicates that you are referring to yourself llamas= you call

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Sentence info.

The sentence “¿Cómo te llamas?” is a common way to ask someone their name in Spanish. It is formed using the reflexive verb “llamarse,” which means “to be called” or “to call oneself”:

1. ¿Cómo? – This word means “how” and is used to ask about the manner or way in which something is done.
2. te – This is a reflexive pronoun that in this context means “yourself,” indicating that the action of the verb is being done by the subject onto themselves.
3. llamas? – This is the second-person singular present tense form of the reflexive verb “llamarse.”

Put together, it translates to “How do you call yourself?” but it’s understood as “What’s your name?” To remember “¿Cómo te llamas?” it might be helpful to think about the question as asking for the method of self-identification: “What do you call yourself?”

Alternate ways to ask “What’s your name?” in Spanish include:

– ¿Cuál es tu nombre?
– ¿Cómo te apellidas? (more like “What’s your surname?”)
– ¿Cuál es tu nombre completo? (asking for the full name)

A common response to this question would be “Me llamo [Your Name],” which means “I am called [Your Name]” or simply “My name is [Your Name].”

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Sentence info.

The sentence “¿Cómo te llamas?” is a common way to ask someone’s name in Spanish. It literally translates to “How do you call yourself?” Let’s break down the sentence:

– ¿Cómo? – This word means “how” in English.
– te – This is a reflexive pronoun that means “yourself.” It’s used with reflexive verbs where the action refers back to the subject.
– llamas – This is the second person singular present tense form of the reflexive verb “llamarse,” which means “to call oneself.”

Together, “¿Cómo te llamas?” is the equivalent of asking “What’s your name?” in English, but with a direct translation of “How do you call yourself?”

To remember it, you might consider the literal translation and the fact that in Spanish, the concept of “naming oneself” is reflexive, thus requiring the reflexive pronoun “te.”

Alternate ways to ask someone’s name in Spanish include:

1. ¿Cuál es tu nombre? – What is your name?
2. ¿Cómo se llama usted? – How do you call yourself? (formal)
3. ¿Cuál es su nombre? – What is your name? (formal)

In response to “¿Cómo te llamas?” you’d simply say “Me llamo [your name].” For example, “Me llamo María” means “My name is María.”

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