Tip: Many Spanish phrases do not translate literally.

• For example: Me llamo: 

Although we translate Me llamo Deborah as "My name is Deborah", it really means  "I'm called Deborah" or "I call myself Deborah".  To avoid the error of "*Me llamo es..." [*I'm called is ] and similar errors resulting from English constructions, try to focus on Spanish phrases rather than word for word translations.
• An asterisk [*] by an example on these pages means the example is an ungrammatical phrase which you should avoid saying.
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