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Old May 15, 2009, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Fazor View Post
Isn't 'Me llamo Whatever' directly translated as "I call myself Whatever" ?

And isn't it reflexive whenever a verb acts upon the same object that is doing said verb?
You can't translate "me llamo" into "I call myself", because I never call myself. That's the difference between reflexive and pronominal verbs. It's more logical in English: "my name is...". I can say "mi nombre es..." in Spanish, but we use "me llamo..." instead of the other option.
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