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Including a full explanation of what it is and how you can use it in a conversation with an audio example. And also the cool things we added like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio and more!
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“Comment tu t’appelles ?” is an informal way to say “What’s your name?” in French.
In French, there are many ways to say “What’s your name“. So, if someone asks you one of these:
Then you can answer :
And if instead of “Nom” (Name) we asked you specifically for your “Prénom” (First name):
Finally, if we asked you specifically for your “Nom de famille” (Last name / Surname):