What's your name?

Question

what is your name?

Please help me translate this.

Try the translation tool above. - afowen, Mar 16, 2011

Pleaser remember that correct spelling and capitalization are mandatory on this site, welcome to the forum:) - 00494d19, Mar 17, 2011

Answer 1

¿Cómo se llama Ud.? is the more polite way to ask. It literally means "What do you call yourself?" So just be aware that "llama" is not "name."

A more informal way to ask is, ¿Cómo te llamas? You might use that if you were among, say, classmates or perhaps at a party.

The answer to both of them would be "Me llamo ...", or "I call myself ..."

Excellent answer. - --Mariana--, Mar 17, 2011

Yes a wonderful response :) - FELIZ77, Mar 17, 2011

Answer 2

¿Cómo se llama?

Answer 3

It literally means "What do you call yourself?" So just be aware that "llama" is not "name."

I disagree that llamarse is reflexive (where one does the action to himself); rather, I think it is a pronominal verb. If I say "me llamo Deanski," I'm not saying that I call myself Deanski, rather, it's something on the lines of "I have Deanski as my given name." I see that this is a common trip-up for us learners of Spanish given llamarse's similarity with other reflexive verbs, & the fact that llamarse can mean to call oneself in certain cases.

I welcome dissenting opinions on this.

Yes, Deanski , it is mentioned in my Oxford Spanish Dictionary as being a pronominal verb: v.pron . However, even pron verbs can act as reflexive verbs :) - FELIZ77, Mar 17, 2011

ie: like reflexive verbs on occasions - FELIZ77, Mar 17, 2011

Correct, exactly my point Feliz. I can say "me llamo Deanski, pero a mí mismo no me gusta llamarme así." "llamarme" here IS reflexive.:) - Deanski, Mar 17, 2011

Answer 4

¿Como se llama?

Answer 5

¿Cúal es tu/su nombre?

What is your name?

Answer 6

O "¿Cómo te llamas?"