Chapter 1.7
Other ways to ask a person's name

Other Ways to Ask a Person's Name

¿Cuál es tu/su nombre? - What's your name?

Cuál - Which or What (Cuál is used for choosing one thing among others, not when you ask for definitions. It is always used before a verb. Qué is used before a noun.)

es - is

tu/su - your (tu - informal; Notice there is no accent in this word unlike the familiar pronoun tú. su - formal "your" used with "usted.").

nombre - name.

¿Cuál es tu/su apellido? - (What's your last name?).

apellido - surname or last name