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03-12-2009, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by synce View Post
Would 彼女の名前は何ですか be correct if I'm asking casually? Sounds wordy.
If you're asking casually, that isn't a good way. It's completely grammatically correct, I assure you, but you wouldn't hear a native speaker say that even if you lived 200 years. It sounds very "translated".

「あのこ名前なんなの?」

「あのこの名前なに?」

「あのこの名前知ってる?」 <--- Most natural even though it translates into "Know what her name is?"

Say only the last sentence with a rising intonation.
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