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What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby Emiko-chan » November 2nd, 2014 1:33 pm

My real name is Evelina, and as English is not my first language, it's usually pronounced a bit different here - the second e is like the first one (eh-veh-lee-nah). What would be the best spelling in katakana?

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby mmmason8967 » November 2nd, 2014 6:33 pm

I think your name will be エベリーナ in katakana. That's actually Eberiina with "be" rather than "ve". You can also write it エヴェリーナ, where ヴェ represents the "ve" sound.

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » November 9th, 2014 6:38 am

マイケルさん、
どうもありがとうございます。

Emiko-chan san,
You can choose one of them.
Both エベリーナ and エヴェリーナ are good.

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby sirfarazhakim8886 » November 16th, 2014 4:24 am

What is my name in Japanese. Faraz Hakim
And can foreign names be put into kanji and katakana?

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » November 16th, 2014 9:44 am

sirfarazhakim8886 san,
konnichiwa. :D
As you know katakana is phonetic so writing depends on pronunciations of words.
If you tell me how to pronounce your name, I will tell you how to write it.
Basically names of overseas’ people are written in katakana however, if you want to write your name in kanji, it’s ok.
I will also tell you suitable kanjis for you.

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby Water8022_502660 » November 16th, 2014 7:31 pm

Faraz Hakim here how to pronounce my name? Just simply put it in English pronounciations Fa ra z or fa raz. Fa is almost like ふあ ra is just like ra in Japanese and z would be converted into sa? Or za? フアラソ is what I came up with please tell me if this is ok or give me your opinion. Also please tell me sutible kanji and meanings so I can chose one I like.

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby mmmason8967 » November 16th, 2014 8:42 pm

I'd suggest ファラズ, which is three katakana characters. The first one is ファ (pronounced "fa"); it's a compound made of フ and a small ア. The second is ラ (ra) of course. The third is ズ (zu): as a general rule, if you need to end a name with a consonant, choose one of the "u" characters (su, zu, mu, ru, etc) as they're almost always de-voiced.

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » November 23rd, 2014 3:50 am

Faraz Hakim san,
Konnichiwa.
I agree with マイケルさん.
It should beファラズ.

マイケルさん、どうもありがとうございます。

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby ware020_501061 » November 25th, 2014 1:02 am

how would i spell my name?? its andy silva sounded out it would be an-dy sil-va

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » November 27th, 2014 3:29 am

ware020さん、andy silvaさん、
Konnichiwa.
Your name should beアンディ or アンディー and シルヴァ orシルバ.
You can choose them being close to your original name.

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby ware020_501061 » November 30th, 2014 3:02 am

thank you

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » November 30th, 2014 10:48 am

ware020 さん、
Konnichiwa.
Douitashimashite.
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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby thenightt37_503143 » December 11th, 2014 12:46 am

Hello,
My name is Can in Turkish.
Is my name writing in Japanese like this? ;
カン, ジャン
Thanks in advance.

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » December 12th, 2014 10:46 am

thenightt37 san カン ジャンsan,

Konnichiwa.
You don’t need to put a comma between your first name and family name.
Is your name カン or ジャン?

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby thenightt37_503143 » December 12th, 2014 10:09 pm

community.japanese wrote:thenightt37 san カン ジャンsan,

Konnichiwa.
You don’t need to put a comma between your first name and family name.
Is your name カン or ジャン?

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由紀-さん、
No, you got me wrong. It is not my family name. I asked for which one is true or are they both true to write my name(Can) in katakana?

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