What is your name? Interrogative pronoun
I am using my "Practice Makes Perfect" workbook on pronouns and came across the use of the interrogative pronoun ¿Qué and ¿Cuál. The following question is the same and there were a few examples but not enough to see the context of where you would use it in a general conversation sense.
¿Qué es tu nombre?
¿Cuál es tu nombre? and then to add more confusion
¿Cómo te llamas?
The 3rd choice is what you learn in Spanish 1and I think it is more common?
All three questions translate to: What{Which} is your name?
Gracias
3 Answers
Cuál usually is used before es and other forms of ser when not seeking a definition:
I think that Cual is used when you have two or more things that are similar and you are asked to choose among them. For example: "Cual is tu nombre? Kelly o Kelley.
When you ask "como te llamas?" you are literally asking how a person calls him/herself. Like sylvia said, "cual" asks which one out of several things that are similar.
