em dic

Name Chunk with Em Dic

Level 1

Use em dic to introduce your name and com et dius? to ask someone’s name.

How It Works

The naming expression is dir-se: em dic, et dius, es diu, ens diem, us dieu, es diuen. Match the pronoun and verb to the person whose name you give. The name itself follows without a preposition.

For polite singular vostè, ask com es diu? For vosaltres, ask com us dieu? The same es diu also describes another person's name, so context identifies whether you mean you formally, he or she.

Em dic Anna is a naming statement, not a literal claim that you are telling yourself something. Soc l'Anna is another introduction, with personal-name articles depending on regional usage. Avoid treating the regional presence or absence of that article as a change in the person's name.

Examples (3)

  1. Em dic Clara.

    My name is Clara.

  2. Com et dius?

    What is your name?

  3. Les meves germanes es diuen Anna i Júlia.

    My sisters are called Anna and Júlia.

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