Male/female asking What is your name?

Question

Does it matter the form used when asking gender what is your name? As in asking a male-"¿Cómo se llamo?" or do I still say "¿Cómo se llama?". Estoy confundida about this. Gracias, Theresa

Answer 1

do I still say "¿Cómo se llama?"

Yes, verb conjugations aren't gender based.

Mauy Bein, Gracias. - twagoner, Jun 5, 2013

Answer 2

Verb conjugations are not gender based, as Rodney said. But, you know how to conjugate a verb, right? For regular -AR verbs (ex. hablar) it is (Yo) hablo, (Tú) hablas, (Ella/él/Usted) habla, (nosotros/as) hablamos, (vosotros/as) hablaís, (Ellas/ellos/Ustedes) hablan. So, you probably see that whichever category it is in, for example ella él Usted, it will be habla, like Ella habla y él habla tambíen. So yes, to answer your question, you will say Cómo se llama no matter what gender you're talking to.

This was my first lesson. Gracias - twagoner, Jun 5, 2013

Answer 3

It would be a big no-no to change llama to llamo. Verbs do not change depending on gender, only nouns and adjectives do. To formally say what is you name, to a boy or a girl would be "¿Cómo se llama?".

The verb in this case is "llamar"

llamo = I call

llamas = you (informal) call

llama = he, she, you (formal) calls

llamamos = we call

llaman = they, you (plural) call

If we said "te llamo" it would mean I call you. If we replace llamo with llama in "te llama" it would mean he or she calls you. The phrase "¿Cómo se llama?" is usually very confusing for beginners but it will become much more clear with practice. I hope this wasn't all too confusing.

As I was typing my answer, it seems like you were typing yours as well, but am a faster typer! We said the same thing, basically. - szhang, Jun 4, 2013

Gracias - twagoner, Jun 5, 2013