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me ayuda por favor
i had a situation the other day where I needed to talk to the spanish crews boss. So basically, i asked them where he was, and they'd say "i don't know". or "over there," basically some indescript location. When i was about to say "well what's his name?" my brother ended up finding the site supervisor, so we didn't need to find their boss anymore. which to me was a relief because i was unsure of the most correct way to ask.
obviously; what's your bosses name? ?que es el nombre de tu jefe? [informal] ?que es el nombre de su jefe? [formal] is the most literal of translations [read: dumb] , so I didn't want to say it like that. I know that spanish speakers generally use llamar when speaking about names. So the wheels started turning in my head and I locked up. I couldn't for the life of me recall how to say "what do you call him." so basically i sat down and thought about it. [en la cabeza] i know i want to use llamas [you call], but hmmmm. Which pronoun to use? ?como se llamas? - [could work, but too ambiguous] ?como se llamas tu? - [still ambiguous] ?como se llamas a/de él? - [don't even think that's right] that just sounds too reflexive, then i thought maybe ?como te lo llamas? - [nope still not right, but hey!] ?como lo llamas? - [hmmm, let's see] como - what > llamas - you call [s/v] > lo - 3rd(s) d.o. pronoun [d.o] hey that's it! I think... [/en la cabeza] So basically, what i'm asking is, is "?como lo llamas?" correct in the following situation? me - ?dónde está tu jefe? p1 - no sé. me - ?como lo llamas? or ?como se llamas? [since i believe it's obvious I don't want the listeners name, or would it still be too ambiguous] Just wondering, but it got me thinking of all the different ways you could say "What's your bosses name?" So I made a few I think are correct, please correct these if they're wrong, and feel free to add other phrases. what's the name of your boss? / what's your bosses name? ?que es el nombre de tu/su jefe? your boss, what's his name? tu/su jefe, ?que es su nombre? what do you call your boss? ?como lo llamas tu/su jefe? tu/su jefe, ?como lo llamas? [your boss] What does he call himself? ?como se llama él? |
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Lo siento pero todo lo que escribiste se me hace muy gracioso. When you want to ask someone their name... -¿Como te llamas? -¿Como se llama? (formal) Which literally means: What do you call yourself? You could also say... -¿Cual es tu nombre? -¿Cual es su nombre? Which literally means: What is your name? BUT NEVER....... ¿Como te lo llamas? (What do you call it?) Unless you are talking about a specific thing. So......you want to know someone else's name... -¿Como se llama tu jefe? (here, the word jefe can be substituted for another person, for example...tu mamá, tu papá, tu amigo, etc) -¿Como se llama su jefe? What is your boss's name? You could've said... -¿Cual es el nombre de tu jefe? -¿Cual es el nombre de su jefe? -¿Qué es el nombre de tu jefe? -¿Qué es el nombre de su jefe? These forms are hardly used though. Now the boss's name is not necessarily what the employees call him/her. So if you ask... What do you call your boss? The answers you get may not be his given name. I hope I have been somewhat helpful. Elaina |
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El verbo pronominal LLAMARSE se conjuga de la siguiente manera:
Yo me llamo Tú te llamas Él/ella/vd. se llama Nosotros-as nos llamamos Vosotros-as os llamáis Ellos/ellas/vds. se llaman Por lo tanto: ¿Cómo se llama tu jefe? [él] ¿Cómo se llama usted? [usted] Los pronombres átonos me, te, se, nos, os, se son los que presentan también los verbos reflexivos, por ejemplo: ducharse, peinarse, mirarse, etc. Estos verbos se conjugan igual que llamarse.
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some of it was supposed to be funny, but if i actually have to think about moving words around, that's almost literally how my mind works through it.
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You have been, muchas gracias. |
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