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How do I ask: "What's your name?" where you are living now?
How do I ask: "What is your name?" or "What's your name?" in Spanish in the part of the world where you are now? I've learned several different ways, but I'm confused as to where they are actually used. Formal and informal information would also help. Thanks.
Are any of these actually used today where you are? ¿Cómo se llama? ¿Cómo se llama usted? ¿Cuál es su nombre? ¿Cuál es tu nombre?
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Tambien se puede decir "¿Cómo (tú) te llamas?"...
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@hermit: Gracias. Just to confirm. I notice in your reply that you use "tú" and "llamas." Here in Arizona, US, where mostly Mexican Spanish is spoken, "tú" means "you." And, "llamas" is plural. Are you saying that it is okay to ask: ¿Cómo tú llamas? and/or ¿Cómo te llamas? in Nova Scotia? If I use your suggestions, then, will I be asking: "What is your name?" or "How/What are you called?" The word "llamas" in this case, with the "as" ending, must be the conjugated verb llamar into its second-person informal usage. I think that it is clearer to me now. Thanks. :>)
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@Feliz: Check your conjugation.
The verb "llamar(se)" for second person singular (tú) is "(te) llamas". "Tú" is informal "you" and "usted" is formal "you". "Cómo tú llamas" is incorrect for asking a person's name. The question is as Hermit wrote it: "¿Cómo te llamas?"
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¿Cómo se llama? ¿Cómo se llama usted? ¿Cuál es su nombre? ¿Cuál es tu nombre? The few times I have used one of the above, I was understood and not asked to repeat myself, so this comes as a great surprise to me. These forums and the people in them are a great resource for learning. Otra ves, gracias.
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All of them are right too.
"¿Cómo se llama (usted)?" is the formal way to ask and "¿Cómo te llamas (tú)?" is the informal one.
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@AngelicaDeAlquezar, gracias for clarifying that. I was beginning to doubt the resources that I had been relying upon. I am very pleased that hermit from Nova Scotia and you from Mexico City agree on: ¿Cómo te llamas? given the distance between your two countries. It gives me hope that my language learning is correct--or will be soon, jajaja.
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Estoy de acuerdo.
Por cierto, hablando de eso, ¿cómo te llamas?
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Hi Feliz
Most comon one (as stated): ¿Como te llamas? OK for all spanish countries. not formal, because you use tú. ¿cómo te llamas tú? same as above, but we use to skip the tu ¿Cómo se llama usted? The same, but more formal, because you use usted. Normal usage to speak with an stranger in all spanish world. ¿Cómo se llama? same as above, not very used because we like to denote "usted", as respect. ¿Cuál es tu nombre? This is a little more elaborate, an denotes a little high level. But usually it's not used with tu, because is not so formal. A normal usage: You're with a friend, but you only know the first name. If you want the full name, in order, for example, to write a letter, you can ask ¿Cuál es tu nombre? or ¿cuál es tu nombre completo? other way is when you know him with an informal name (lets say Sam) and you want to know if he's Sam, Samuel, or something else... ¿Cuál es su nombre? The formal way to ask for the name of a stranger. It denotes no friendship, because it's usted. Not used in everydayspeech. a very very formal (only for epoch films) ¿podría decirme con quién hablo, por favor? Saludos
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@JPablo, Gracias, I needed that--
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