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Lesson: What's your name? - What's your name?

Vocabulary
Как тебя зовут ? What's your name? ("you" singular)
Меня зовут .. My name is …
Меня зовут Мария . My name is Maria.
Как вас зовут ? What's your name? ("you" plural)
Меня зовут Василий Михайлович . My name is Vasily Michailovich.
А тебя ? And yours? ("you" singular / informal)
А вас ? And yours? ("you" plural)
Here's a tip
We've previously learned how to introduce ourselves by saying " - ..." (I am . .). In this Я
unit, we are going to learn another way of doing this. This time, we'll do so by answering
the question ? (What's your name?).
Как тебя зовут

Как тебя зовут ? (What's your name?)

Меня зовут ... (My name is . .)
To address someone older or superior to you, we say " ?". We also use this
Как вас зовут
expression to address a group of people. You will see and hear it on the next screen.
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 All Russian people have a patronymic name. This is usually based on the father's name
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and comes a er the first name, as you can see in the example below.
It is an o cial name and is therefore always wri en in the person's passport and on all
legal paperwork.
We don't normally use patronymic names when we are talking to close friends or family.
However, we always use them to address senior people or to sound more polite.
Order of names: first name, patronymic name, surname. Сергей Александрович
Фёдоров (Sergey Alexandrovich Fyodorov)
If someone asks you, " ?" or "
Как тебя зовут ?" and you want to ask them the
Как вас зовут
same question, you can simply say " ?" or " ?". А тебя А вас

Have a look at the short dialogue below:

A: ! ? (Hi! What's your name?)
Привет Как тебя зовут

B: ! . ? (Hi! My name is Katya. And yours?)

Привет Меня зовут Катя А тебя

A: . (My name is Martin.)

Меня зовут Мартин

Dialogue
Martin: , - .
Привет я Мартин Как тебя зов Martin: Hi, I'm Martin. What's your nam
?
ут e?
: ,
Мария Привет меня зовут Мария . Мария : Hi, my name is Maria.
Martin: ,
Очень приятно Мария Откуда т ! Martin: Nice to meet you, Maria. Where
ы? are you from?
:
Мария Я из Испании А ты . ? Мария : I'm from Spain. And you?
Martin: Я из Германии . Martin: I'm from Germany.
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 : ! ! : Nice to meet you! See you!
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Мария Очень приятно До встречи Мария

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