Where to place name in a Spanish sentence?

Question

Hi, as per question in subject box.

English - How are you, Kim? Spanish - ¿Cómo está, Kim? or ¿Cómo Kim?

English - Kim is sad. Spanish - Kim ella es triste or Kim es triste?

Do I replace the 'you' with the name 'Kim' or have both words in the sentence like what we do in English?

Muchas gracias

"Muchas gracias" :) - culé, Jan 23, 2011

Answer 1

Hi maths welcome to the forum.

¿Cómo estás Kim? (if you are friends)

and "Kim is sad." :

Kim está triste. or Está triste Kim.

You can't use es (ser) because this is not a permanent situation here.

And if ella and Kim are the same person, you can't duplicate the subject. (unless it's an aposición)

You wouldn't say "Kim she is sad." in English, would you?

¡No me digas que te has creído lo de temporal y permanente para ser y estar! - lazarus1907, Jan 23, 2011

Pues por lo menos aquí es así hombre. ¿Cómo se lo cuento si no lo llamo permanente? - culé, Jan 23, 2011

You use estar because being sad is what makes her current state different from how she usually is, assuming she's not clinically depressed. - lorenzo9, Jan 23, 2011

Answer 2

Thank you!

My fault, I missed out on an important condition.

It is 3 (or more) people doing online chat so I need to specify 'ella' refers to which 'she'. Hence the name question.

Nevertheless, thanks for all the replies, it sure does help!

Answer 3

¡Hola!

In spanish there is no need to say the name of person. its more easy. For eg, to say " How are you, Kim?" simply say Cómo estás?... fácil no

and to say that Kim is sad: Kim está triste o ella está triste and to say " Are you sad, kim?"

¿Estás triste?