What is your name? in Russian: How to say?
To ask What’s your name? in Russian, you need to make a distinction about who you are talking to.
In informal situations (between friends or talking to people younger than you) you can say:
– Как тебя́ зову́т?
[kak tee-byá za-vóot]
What’s your name?
In formal situations (talking to strangers, people older than you, etc.) you can say:
– Как вас зову́т?
[kak vas za-vóot]
What’s your name?
The difference between two options is in the pronoun you use:
– тебя́ comes from ты – informal you
– вас comes from вы – formal or plural you
To learn more about this topic, follow these links:
– How to introducing yourself in Russian
– Making friends in Russian
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