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¿Cómo se escribe tu nombre?

How do you spell your name?

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Why every word is where it is

¿Cómo1adverbhowse2object pronoun(one)3rdescribe2verbwritesescribir · present · 3rd sing.tu3determineryour2nd sing.nombrenounnamemasc. · sing.?
  • se → escribe: se + 3rd person
  • nombre → escribe: subject: tu nombre
  • tu → nombre: possessive + noun

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Question words carry an accent: cómo. Questions and negation →
  2. 2
    se + third person = "one …" / "is …-ed": the thing is the subject.
  3. 3
    tu without an accent = your. Possessive determiners: mi, tu, su, nuestro →

Variations

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