Inactive Tutor answered 06/20/26
"Qual é seu nome?"
e means and in English!
é means is
this is a very formal way to ask if i'm not mistaken. typically in pt-pt you see "Como te chamas?" or "Como se chama?" more i believe
Inactive Tutor answered 06/20/26
"Qual é seu nome?"
e means and in English!
é means is
this is a very formal way to ask if i'm not mistaken. typically in pt-pt you see "Como te chamas?" or "Como se chama?" more i believe
It means "What is your name?" indeed!
However, your usage of "e" rather than "é" brings up an important difference! In Portuguese, we actually have three forms of the letter E that mean three different things:
...so what we really need here is "Qual é seu nome?"
Inactive Tutor answered 04/30/25
What is your name?
Inactive Tutor answered 11/01/24
What's your name?
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