Lesson 1 — ¿Cómo te llamas?
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3. What's Your Name
To ask someone else's name in Spanish, use cómo, then one of the phrases in the table below (¿Cómo te llamas? is "What's your name?" (literally How do you call yourself?).
In Spanish, to say your name, you use the reflexive verb llamarse, which means literally to call oneself (Me llamo Robert is "I call myself Robert) meaning "My name is Robert".
Spanish Verb • ¿Cómo te llamas? | |
|---|---|
| Inglés | Español |
| I am called (I call myself) | Me llamo |
| You (familiar, singular) are called (You call yourself) | Te llamas |
| He/She/You (formal, singular) is/are called (He/She/You call yourself) | Se llama |
| We are called (We call ourselves) | Nos llamamos |
| You (familiar, plural) are called (You all call yourselves) | Os llamáis |
| They/You (formal, plural) are called (They/You all call yourselves) | Se llaman |
- Notes
- "Os llamáis" is only used in Spain. In Latin America, "Se llaman" is used for both the second and third plural persons.
- Examples
- Me llamo Chris
- My name is Chris (I call myself Chris.)
- Se llaman Peter y Robert
- They're called Peter and Robert. (They call themselves Peter and Robert.)
- ¿Cómo te llamas?
- What's your name? (What do you call yourself?)
- ¿Cómo se llama?
- What's his/her name? (What does he/she call him/herself?)