Hi everybody! Today we are going to learn how to ask someone their name. There are different ways. The easiest one is Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? (你叫什么名字？) which literally means You called which name? (What is your name?).
The answer to that question follows the structure Wǒ jiào surname+ first name; if it is me who answers the question, I will say Wǒ jiào Lóng Tiānshǐ (我叫龙天使。), which translated literally is
I called Dragon Angel (My name is Lóng Tiānshǐ).
Notice that in Chinese the family name is always placed before the given name. In the previous example Lóng is my surname and Tiānshǐ is my first name.
As a brief summary, the structure to ask someone their name is:
- Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?
- Wǒ jiào surname + first name.
- Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?
- Wǒ jiào Lóng Tiānshǐ, nǐ ne?
- Wǒ jiào Lǐ Xiǎolóng。
The following video is recorded in a class of students of Chinese when they are learning how to ask/say their names. I hope you like it!
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