3 Introducing yourself
Now let’s find out how to introduce yourself and ask someone’s name using ‘My name is…’ form. You will hear two models – one with ‘polite plural’ and the other one – with ‘normal’ singular.
Audio 21 transcript
| Ukrainian | Transliteration |
|---|---|
| Іван Добрий вечір, мене звуть Іван, а як Вас звуть? | Ivan Dobryi vechir, mene zvut Ivan, a yak Vas zvut? |
| Наталя Добрий вечір, мене звуть Наталя. | Natalia Dobryi vechir, mene zvut Natalia. |
| Іван Дуже приємно! | Ivan Duzhe pryiemno! |
| Наталя Мені теж! | Natalia Meni tezh! |
Now let’s look at the dialogue in detail.
Take a closer look (Audio 22 transcript)
Let’s look at the dialogue in detail. As you already know, dobryi vechir means ‘good evening’. Let’s repeat it together: dobryi vechir. Then first person says mene zvut Ivan, which means ‘my name is Ivan’. Let’s repeat it together: mene zvut Ivan. Then this person says a yak Vas zvut? which means ‘and what is your name?’ Let’s repeat it together: a yak Vas zvut
Second person replies: Dobryi vechir, mene zvut Natalia which means ‘good evening, my name is Natalia’.
Ivan asks Natalia’s name using ‘polite plural’: Yak Vas zvut?
The dialogue continues with two natural phrases: Duzhe pryiemno! – ‘Meni tezh!’ (Nice to meet you! – Me too!
Now listen to the dialogue again.
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