1.4 What's Your Name? (Comment tu t'appelles)

To ask a friend their name, say 'Comment tu t'appelles?' (literally 'how do you call yourself?'). To answer: 'Je m'appelle ___' (I'm called ___). French has two words for 'you': 'tu' is informal (a friend, a child) and 'vous' is formal or plural.