why me llamo only? not me llamo es??

Question

sorry for asking.. i know that there are tutorial videos here but the sad part is i cant watch them its asking for some stuff.. and i just cant install them so well.. yeah.. anyways why is it me llamo only?? not me llamo es like mi nombre es?? their the same right?? meaning my name is???

Answer 1

Llamarse means to call. So when you say me llamo, you are saying, "I call myself..." If you said me llamo es, you would say, "I call myself is..." Mi nombre es means my name is and is more formal than me llamo. I hope that helped!

i see.. so thats how it is.. thank you very much for your help lizkneal - MEALazarte, Sep 14, 2011

welcome! - lizkneal, Sep 14, 2011

Answer 2

Yes, we just had a recent thread by a native who recommended that you do not try to do any grammatical analysis of me llamo saying that it reflexively means I call myself...or any such contrivance. Simple recognize that Me llamo means My name is...[mi nombre es]

I'm not sure that I understand why you mean by "why is it me llamo only". LLamarse can be used in other persons, tenses, and moods. Also llamar can be use transitively....Te llamé [por teléfono] para invitarte a una fiesta. I called you to invite you to a party.

You may be familiar with constructions like ....¿Cómo se llama...?

But Me llamo is the only form of llamarse that means My name is....

If anyone can find the explanation Lazarus gave concerning Me llamo... could you link it to this thread. I couldn't find it. It was a fairly recent discussion.

I found it. Notice the title: Me llamo ? I call myself

thank you again qfreed.. you really know how to explain very well - MEALazarte, Sep 14, 2011

i want to vote but i just cant yet tnx again - MEALazarte, Sep 14, 2011

It doesn't work differently to a reflexive verb and it will never hurt you to think of it as a reflexive verb. - rabbitwho, Sep 14, 2011

I was wondering this exactly, thanks for answering! - Twentysix, Jul 23, 2013