Re: Cinco de Mayo and the Spanish Language
Cynthia, on host 12.220.187.30
Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 20:41:55
Re: Cinco de Mayo and the Spanish Language posted by ria on Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 17:38:29:
> "Me llama _____" basically means "I am called _____." Comes from llamar, which means "to call." > > My whole little Spanish line there basically said "My name is Ria. I hope that I don't have to go to bed very late... I hope that I can go to bed a little early because I have school tomorrow." > > There you go.
To be nit-picky, I've always been taught that that should read "Me llamo ____." The literal translation of that would be "I call myself ____."
But I've seen it incorrectly twice here, and now I'm starting to question myself.
-Cynth"Spanish minor who can't resist grammatical pedantry -- in any language"ia
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