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Key vocabulary
	cómo	what?, how?	¿Cómo? is an interrogative word (question word). In Spanish, interrogative words carry accent marks.
	te llamas	your name is (literally: you call yourself)
	se llama	her or his name is (literally: he/she calls himself or herself)
	me llamo	my name is name (literally: I call myself)
	soy	I am
	¿Quién es ...?	Who is ...?	¿Quién? is an interrogative word (question word). In Spanish, interrogative words carry accent marks.
	(Él) es ...	He is ....	Él (he) is in parentheses, because subject pronouns in Spanish are often omitted.
	(Ella) es ...	She is ....	Ella (she) is in parentheses, because subject pronouns in Spanish are often omitted.

		¿Cómo te llamas? (What is your name?) ¿Cómo se llama? (What is his/her name?)

	Two forms of you In Spanish there are two ways to say you: tú and usted. Tú is the familiar form. Use tú when speaking to family, friends, peers, people your own age, and children. Usted is the formal or polite form. Use usted to show respect and when talking to people you don't know well, people in authority, and older people. Usted is most frequently abbreviated Ud.


To ask a friend's name or another young person's name (familiar):
	¿Cómo te llamas? (familiar form)	What is your name?	Literally it means, How do you call yourself? However, it is the Spanish equivalent to What is your name ...? and is the appropriate expression to use when asking someone for their name. This question uses the familiar form tú for you.
To ask an adult's name (polite):
	¿Cómo se llama usted? (polite form)	What is your name?	Literally it means, How do you call yourself? This question uses the polite form tú for you. Using the usted form of you, shows respect. Notice the difference in the verb: te vs. se and llamas vs. llama.


To answer either question:
	Me llamo ....	My name is ....	Literally this means, I call myself.... However, it is the Spanish equivalent to My name is .... and is the appropriate expression to use when telling someone your name. Notice the spelling of the verb is different then the verbs in the questions. Verb endings are very important in Spanish.
	Soy ....	I am ....	This is another way of answering the question.

		¿Cómo se llama? (What is his or her name?) ¿Quién es __? (Who is ___?)

	Talking about a third person not involved in the conversation In Spanish, the correct form of the verb depends on the subject. Notice the difference in the spelling of these verbs. Memorize the spelling of the verb and it's subject.



¿Quién?
	¿Quién es ___?	Who is ___?	Notice the accent mark on the e and then inverted question mark at the beginning of the question. The verb es means is and is used when one person's name, he, she, or it is the subject.
¿Cómo?
	¿Cómo se llama él? ¿Cómo se llama ella?	What is his name? What is her name?	Literally it means, How does he/she call himself/herself?


He, she
	(Él) es .... (Ella) es ....	He is .... She is ....	The subjects Él or ella are in parentheses to indicate that you don't always need to include them in your sentence. In Spanish the subject pronouns are only included for clarification or empahsis. The form of the verb tells you the subject.
	(Él) se llama .... (Ella) se llama ....	His name is .... Her name is ....	Literally this means, He/she calls himself/herself .... However, it is the Spanish equivalent to His/her name is .... and is the appropriate expression to use when telling someone another person's name.

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