llamarse

Question

how would you say in spanish " it is called scouse " can you use llamarse'

Answer 1

Wow, ¡la recordaste! I'm impressed.

Answer 2

Thanks, Gustavo! (I suppose I could have found that out myself, but I was too ahuevante, jejej)

Answer 3

But I think Peter's point was that the se in llamarse is different from the se in "Se habla español." That is, llamarse is reflexive (yo me llamo, tú te llamas, él se llama, etc.), and therefore does involve the concept of self. This is a different grammatical construction from the passive sense of "Spanish is spoken/Se habla español."

Therefore, I think Peter wanted to say that the literal translation of "Se llama scouse" is "It calls itself scouse."

BTW, what the heck is scouse'

Answer 4

No, the English translation is "It is called scouse". There is no "itself" anywhere - "se" has several uses, and "itself" is just one of them.

Answer 5

english translation is" itself is called scouse"'