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Re: Question: how to say his name is, her name is etc.

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:33:33 GMT

Looks right

This is one of those instances where it helps to know the literal meaning of the translation

Me llamo is not really "my name is" but I call myself.

Therefore

Te llamas - you call yourself
se llama - he/she calls him/herself

This helps you make sense of phrases like

te llamo - I call you (better translated as i will call you, as I understand things)

llamame - call me (informal, imperitive)

Re: Question: how to say his name is, her name is etc.

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:12:26 GMT

hola, me gusta el espanol, bienvenido

Re: Question: how to say his name is, her name is etc.

hecloz — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:18:04 GMT

Que tal sanz

saludos :)

..Varias posibilidades en la traducciÃ³n. his name is... = el nombre de Ã©l es... /..

De hecho sanz, "mi nombre es..." es una calca del ingles, y no es correcta.

Ok, todo mundo la dice nadie te va a mirar raro, hasta es comun, pero de forma muy muy muy estricta no deberia usarse.

El decir "mi nombre es.." es como si estuvieras escogiendo entre varios nombres. Por ejemplo Mi nombre es joaquin/luis/julian etc..

Lo correcto seria simplemente: Me llamo ...

Re: Question: how to say his name is, her name is etc.

Bevalisch — Sun, 06 May 2007 20:33:03 GMT

arturotrigo
Bevalisch

Sorry, I can't do the accents on this computer.

Â¿QuÃ© tipo computadora tienes? Â¿Mac, PC (Windows) o otra cosa?
What kind of computer do you have? Mac, PC (Windows) or something else?

It's a PC but Linux not Windows.

Now that you pointed it out I've actually seen the symbols thing on here. Oops, I'm an idiot!

Re: Question: how to say his name is, her name is etc.

arturotrigo — Sun, 06 May 2007 19:00:18 GMT

Bevalisch

Sorry, I can't do the accents on this computer.

Â¿QuÃ© tipo computadora tienes? Â¿Mac, PC (Windows) o otra cosa?
What kind of computer do you have? Mac, PC (Windows) or something else?

<CorregirÃ¡s mi espaÃ±ol por favor>

Mac's have a way to do the accents built right into the operating system. Very easy to learn.
PC's have a way but I believe it varies depending on the operating system. I have some links that may help you.

When in this forum there is a popup menu in the second row of icons within the editor called "Symbols". You can use that to find the symbol you are looking for.

Let me know what kind of computer you have and I'll show you how to type the special symbols.
Art

Re: Question: how to say his name is, her name is etc.

Bevalisch — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:11:16 GMT

Thanks for your help guys.
So, using llamarse, is the following correct?:

me llamo (= my name is)
te llamas (= your name is)
(el) se llama ( = his name is)
(ella) se llama (= her name is)
(usted) se llama (= your name is (formal))
nos llamamos (= our names are)
os llamais (= your names are)
(ellos / ellas) se llaman (= their names are)
(ustedes) se llaman (= your names are (formal))

Sorry, I can't do the accents on this computer.

Re: Question: how to say his name is, her name is etc.

Sanz — Sun, 06 May 2007 05:24:55 GMT

Varias posibilidades en la traducciÃ³n. his name is... = el nombre de Ã©l es... / su nombre es.. / Ã©l se llama... her name is... = el nombre de ella es... / su nombre es... / ella se llama... their names are... = los nombres de ellos(as) son... / sus nombres son... / ellos(as) se llaman... My brother's name is... = El nombre de mi hermano es... / Mi hermano se llama...

Re: Question: how to say his name is, her name is etc.

Axl Kink — Sun, 06 May 2007 05:01:55 GMT

My name is Beverley = mi nombre es Beverley (or me llamo Beverley, is the same)

His name is (mario)= Su nombre es (mario)

Her name is (Carla)= Su nombre es (Carla)

in spanish there aren't difference between his or her

Their names are robert, angel, and juan= sus nombres son robert , angel y juan

My brother's name is Johnathan= mi hermano se llama Johnathan(or el nombre de mi hermano es Carlos, is the same)

His name is Johnathan= su nombre es Johnathan

Question: how to say his name is, her name is etc.

Bevalisch — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:48:44 GMT

I know my name is = Me llamo (eg. Me llamo Beverley)

But how do you say 'his name is', 'her name is', 'their names are' etc?

Also, would 'My brother's name is' be Mi hermano llamas'? (eg. Mi hermano llamas Johnathan.)

Thanks!

Bev.