411 REFERENCE · Wikibooks
Elementary Spanish/Meeting people/Lesson 2
Reference material by Wikibooks contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
Goals
Learn how to ask someone for the name of a third person, how to refer to groups of people, and how to thank someone.
Example dialogues
Raúl is asking Sofia for the name of another gentleman in the area. Sofia uses the
pronoun "él" to refer to Juan. Notice how "él" has an accent mark.
Raúl: ¿Cómo se llama él?
Sofía: Él se llama Juan.
Raúl: Gracias.
Raúl is asking Sofia for the name of another gentleman in the area but sometimes
in Spanish, people will omit the pronoun because it is implied by context. Notice
How Sofia omits "él".
Raúl: ¿Cómo se llama él?
Sofía: Se llama Juan.
Raúl: Gracias.
Raul is asking for the name of a baseball team.
Raúl: ¿Cómo se llama ese equipo?
Sofía: Ellos se llaman <<Los Yankees.>>
Raúl: Gracias.
Raul is asking for the name of a baseball team. Notice how Sofia omits the pronoun.
Raúl: ¿Cómo se llama ese equipo?
Sofía: Se llaman <<Los Yankees.>>
Raúl: Gracias.
Raúl and Sofia are coming up with a name for their band but Raúl does not
seem to be interested in "The Hairy Kittens." "Chido" is a commonly used
word in Mexico, which means awesome or cool. Every Spanish speaking area
has their own word that means awesome or cool. If you know a commonly
used word that means awesome or cool, please add it to the discussion
page. (LINK FOR DISCUSSION!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Raúl: ¿Cómo nos deberíamos de llamar?
Sofia: No se. ¿Que piensas?
Raúl: No se. Un nombre muy chido.
Sofia: ¡Yo se! Los Gatitos Peludos.
Raúl: ¡No gracias!
Vocabulary
Se llama
Se llaman
Nos llamamos
gracias
Exercises
Lesson notes