Why Can't I Say, "Me llamo es Andy"?

Question

In trying to communicate, "My name is Andy," in Spanish, you have some flexibility in your options. Let's look at three options:

1-Me llamo Andy.

It translates as, "I call myself Andy." The verb we use (llamo) is a conjugated present tense of the reflexive verb LLAMARSE which means -to call oneself. (The verb LLAMAR means -to call). By saying Me + llamo, we're saying, I call myself.

2-Mi nombre es Andy.

This is a more literal translation of our English sentence. Mi -my, nombre -name, es -is, Andy. The verb we use here (es) is a conjugated present tense of the verb SER.

3-Soy Andy.

I am Andy. Here, we use the verb (soy) which is a conjugated present tense of the verb SER again.

Okay, why can Andy NOT say, "Me llamo es Andy"? Well, as we discussed earlier, (llamo) is a verb. But so is (es). If we translate this sentence, we get, "I call myself is Andy." By combining our sentences 1 and 2, we come up with a mess. Andy, you must pick a side.

Hope this is helpful,

Cody

Answer 1

it's ok if your name is Es Andy, rather odd name though

maybe Sen~yora or Sen~orita Es(ther) Andy

Dandy name (put the tilda over the n, which my keyboard doesn't seem to want to do)

Estes dias cualquiera es posible

Answer 2

You can't say that because it is incorrect. That is a very common error for beginners. They are still using their English brains and are trying to just put Spanish words in the same order. Once in a while, you may have the same word order as English, but usually, word order is different from language to language.

Answer 3

The direct translation of me llamo is I am called. If you say me llamo es Andy you are saying I am called is Andy. As you can see, you don't need the es (is) because it makes no sense.