tappelles

Tappelles is not a standard standalone word in French. It is most commonly encountered as a nonstandard rendering of the phrase tu t'appelles, meaning you are called or you call yourself.

In standard French, the form tu t'appelles is built from the subject pronoun tu, the reflexive pronoun t’ (a contracted form of te), and the verb appelles, which is the second-person singular present tense of appeler (to call or to be named). The construction se appeler indicates naming or being named. For example, Comment t'appelles-tu ? or Comment tu t'appelles ? both mean “What is your name?” and Je m'appelle Marie means “My name is Marie.”

Orthography and variants. The correct spelling includes the apostrophe between t and appels: t'appelles. tappelles, without the apostrophe, is generally considered a typographical error or nonstandard, and it is not recognized as a valid form in standard French dictionaries. In formal writing, the apostrophe should always be used to reflect the elision.

Notes on use. The phrase is used when asking or stating someone’s name. In informal speech, French speakers often ask with inversion (Comment t'appelles-tu ?) or with a simpler order (Comment tu t'appelles ?). Responses typically use the reflexive form with the pronounje m’appelle or je m’appelle.

See also. appeler, se appeler, tu t’appelles, prénom, nom.