What is your name?
| 14:08 Sep 12, 2000 |
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Quel est votre nom? Explanation: None |
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Comment vous appelez-vous ? Explanation: en langage parlé/courant |
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4 hrs
Comment tu t'appelles? Explanation: depending on context and whether you are using the formal or the informal approach you have a variety of options: Informal: Comment tu t'appelles? Comment t'appelles-tu? Tu tappelles comment? Ton nom c'est quoi? Formal: as proposed by previous responders: Quel est votre nom? Comment vous appelez-vous? and Comment vous vous appelez? Vous êtes M./Mme....? Votre nom? (when questioned by abrupt official!) and the list continues... |
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Voir ci-dessous Explanation: Formel: comment vous appelez-vous? Familier: Comment tu t'appelles? Si quelqu'un demande son nom à une personne, il se réfère au nom (last name) et non pas au prénom. QUand j'étais au lycée et que le professeur me demandait: Votre nom? Je répondais: Magne (last name), Bruno (first name). Many French men use to call each other by their last name, especially when they are co-workers. It's a military thing. Cordialement Bruno Magne By the way, quel est votre nom? |
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"Comment vous appelez-vous?" , "comment t'appelles-tu?", "quel est votre (ton) nom?" Explanation: When you talk to someone in an informal manner, you would ask one of the first two questions, depending whether you want to say "tu" or "vous" to that person. In Quebec, for instance, most young people say "tu" to each other. Or if you talk to a child, you would use "tu". Otherwise, since obviously you don't know the person to whom you ask that question, you would use "vous". I dislike the question "comment tu t'appelles?" or "comment vous vous appellez", as it is not strictly proper French (although it seems to be a form used in France). But in standard French, it would not be used. If you are in a situation where, for instance, an official is filling a form and asks you your name, he/she would more likely ask the third question "quel est votre nom" as well as "quel est votre age, quelle est votre occupation, etc." Of course, you will get any manner of familiar French such as "C'est quoi, ton nom?", or "tu t'appelles comment?" but the above questions are the most proper and the most used. |
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