Asking a Person's Name

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Most Common Way of Asking

Question: How do you call yourself? 

Question (Kess tiong): Comment vous appelez vous? (komoh voo sapoley voo?)

Side Note - Comment is an adverb and literally translates to "How". Vous means "you" in formal setting. Appelez means "call" in formal setting. You can also use Comment t'appelles-tu (Commo Tapel tu) but is informal, usually used for people younger than you, friends, parents etc...

Reply: I call myself...

Repondre (Ree pon dre): Je M'appelle (Zhu Mapel)

Side Note - Je means "I". Appele means "call" in informal setting. M' could be "Me" or "myself". Literally translates to "I call myself". 

Formal Way of Asking

Q: What is your name 

Q: Quel est votre nom (Kel leh vot tre nom)

 SN - Quel literally translates to "what". Est literally translates to "is". votre translates to "your". and nom translates to "name". 

R: My name is...

R: Mon nom est (Mon Nom meh) 

SN - More formal but not commonly used in daily speech.

Other Way of Asking

Q: Who are you?

Q: Qui etes vous? (kee et voo?)

R: I am...

R: Je suis... (Zhu Swee)

Example: Je suis Charlie ( I am Charlie)


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