Who Is Talking?

Introduction

This deals with handling telephone calls, and in particular identifying yourself to a caller.





SCENARIO

Imagine you call someone on the phone. Having exchanged the customary greetings, the other person says : "who is speaking?"

In Spanish, the other person could say:

¿Con quién hablo?

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OUR TIP

Responding should be quite straightforward. However, before you reply, you should decide how you are going to refer to yourself^*.

If you are a male (name, Peter Brown) and you want to refer to yourself in a formal manner, you could say:

• Con don Peter Brown (Mr. Peter Brown);
• Con el señor Brown (Mr. Brown);

Notes

* NB See examples of replies if you were a:

• A male and were referring to yourself in an informal manner
• A female and were referring to yourself in a formal manner
• A female and were referring to yourself in an informal manner

Now you should practise answering the question:

¿Con quién hablo?

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