Me llamo Catherine
Combo te llamas
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Catherine W.Kwiziq community member
Combo te llamas
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using me llamo [name] - to say your name in Spanish"
Asked 5 years ago
Neil P.Kwiziq community member
For some of us, the explanation of certain phrases should include the literal word-for-word translation related to the meaning, because we learn by association, not memorization. In this case, "Me llamo Juan" does not literally mean "My name is Juan", but as you noted earlier in this discussion, it means "I call myself Juan". It helps to understand WHY a phrase is constructed as it is and relate that to the English form.
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