Introducing yourself (mam na imię)

Two ways to give your name

Polish has a first-name way and a full-name way, and they are not interchangeable.

mam na imię + first name. Literally I have as a first name. This is the everyday introduction: Mam na imię Anna.

Nazywam się + full name, from nazywać się in the previous lessons. This is the formal one, used for surnames and official situations.

Asking back

jak się nazywasz is what is your name — literally how do you call yourself. Polish asks jak (how), never what.

skąd jesteś asks where someone is from.

The formula that follows

miło mi — pleased to meet you, literally (it is) pleasant to me. It is the expected reply to an introduction.

witać (to welcome) gives you Witam — a greeting a host or a shopkeeper uses, and a common opening in email.