My Name Is ...
Introduction
First contact! We learn how to say “hello” and how to introduce ourselves. And I think this is also one of the very first podcasts of the SpanishPod team. At least Leo seems to feel a bit uncomfortable in front of the mic. Well, there is always a first time. The keyword is llamarse – to call oneself.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0004: She's not Mexican, A0007: Where are you from?, A0072: Here is my card
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Audio Lesson
Dialogue
hombre: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas? align="right"| mujer: Me llamo Antonia. ¿Y tú? align="right"| hombre: Yo soy Roberto. align="right"| mujer: Encantada. align="right"| hombre: Mucho gusto. align="right"|
Dialogue with Translation
hombre: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas? align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| hello how yourself (you) call man: Hi! What is your name?
mujer: Me llamo Antonia. ¿Y tú? align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| myself (I) call Antonia and you woman: My name is Antonia. And you?
hombre: Yo soy Roberto. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| I am Roberto man: I'm Roberto.
mujer: Encantada. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| enchanted woman: Nice to meet you.
hombre: Mucho gusto. align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| much pleasure man: It's a pleasure.
Vocabulary for Dialogue
:{| |- || el hombre || noun (masculine) || the man |- || la mujer || noun (feminine) || the woman |- || hola || interjection || hello |- || ¿cómo? || adverb || how? |- || se || reflexive pronoun || oneself |- || llamarse || verb (infinitive) || to call oneself |- || te || reflexive pronoun || yourself (informal, singular) |- || (tú) te llamas || verb (present tense) || you call yourself |- || me || reflexive pronoun || myself |- || (yo) me llamo || verb (present tense) || I call myself |- || y || conjunction || and |- || tú || subject pronoun || you |- || yo || subject pronoun || I |- || ser || verb (infinitive) || to be |- || (yo) soy || verb (present tense) || I am |- || encantado/encantada || adjective (m./f.) || enchanted |- || mucho/mucha || adjective (m./f.) || much |- || el gusto || noun (masculine) || the pleasure |- |}
===Vocabulary for Audio Lesson===
¿cuál? interrogative pronoun which?, what? (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is tu possessive adjective your (informal, singular) el nombre noun (masculine) the name ¿Cuál es tu nombre? phrase What is your name?
More Vocabulary
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | yourself (informal, singular) | |
| se | himself/herself(/itself) | |
| se | yourself (formal, singular) | |
| nos | ourselves, each other | |
| os | yourselves, each other (informal, plural) | |
| se | themselves, each other | |
| se | yourselves, each other (formal, plural) | |
| llamarse | infinitive | to call oneself, to be called |
| (yo) me llamo | present tense | I call myself |
| (tú) te llamas | you call yourself (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) se llama | he/she(/it) calls himself/herself(/itself) | |
| (usted) se llama | you call yourself (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) nos llamamos | we call ourselves (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) os llamáis | you call yourselves (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) se llaman | they call themselves (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) se llaman | you call yourselves (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
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