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Tatsumi81
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Postby Tatsumi81 » February 26th, 2008 1:54 pm

Does anyone know how my name would would be pronounced in Japan?
My name is Steve Rector.

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Postby Javizy » February 26th, 2008 2:29 pm

Tatsumi81 wrote:Does anyone know how my name would would be pronounced in Japan?
My name is Steve Rector.


スティーヴ (sutiivu) can be used, but I think スティーブ (sutiibu) is more common (the Japanese don't like their V's :lol:). Depending how much you stress the second syllable of your surname, you'd have レクタ (rekuta) or レクトー (rekutoo).

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kristina15
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glossary of names

Postby kristina15 » February 27th, 2008 10:37 am

You can use nice glossary here: www.hesjapanese.com

If You can't find your name - you can write to teacher.

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Postby DL33133 » March 3rd, 2008 8:29 pm

I would like to know how you say my name in japanese, my name is David Lopez. Any help? Thanks :shock:

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Postby Psy » March 4th, 2008 6:28 am

デビッド・ロペス would be my rendition of the name. :D
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My name but in Kanji...?

Postby sodapple » March 7th, 2008 6:09 pm

:kitty: Dear Friends:

I Found some sites in the Internet that write names in Kanji... And my question is: Can I write my name using kanjis with pronunciation in Onyomi? Or There is any rule to do this in a right way? :roll:

Thanks for your help!!

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Re: My name but in Kanji...?

Postby Psy » March 7th, 2008 7:47 pm

sodapple wrote::kitty: Can I write my name using kanjis with pronunciation in Onyomi?

Yes you can. Though many Japanese names utilize kun'yomi pronunciations for kanji, there are no (rather like katakana, and also why names are so hard to read accurately) hard-set rules. The family name 安藤 (andou), for example, is on'yomi. A word of warning, however, is that while non-Japanese names can be rendered into kanji, the results are often clunky. I find it is better to choose a Japanese name that you like, perhaps one that resembles the meaning of your given name-- this is how I chose 高山是真-- though this isn't to say good phonetic translations are impossible (an article I read once on this topic cited 利茶道, "Richard," which I think is absolutely wicked). When you've landed on something, checking it with a native is probably a good idea as well.

Good luck!
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Postby Kytra » March 9th, 2008 3:12 pm

Hey!
My name is Derek Kyle Murphree. I'm actually writing from Japan right now, but I'm from the States. I'm learning Japanese for my business, and I was looking for some help with my name.

Nice to meet you and thanks!
Derek

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Postby WWMD » March 9th, 2008 4:57 pm

konban wa mi-na

hajimemashite, watashi wa Minh desu yoroshiku onegaishimasu^^

hehe, i´ve got a question, can anybody tell me how do i say my name in japanese?

Firstname : Minh

Lastname: Le

arigatou gozaimas

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Postby Psy » March 9th, 2008 8:01 pm

Kytra wrote:Hey!
My name is Derek Kyle Murphree. I'm actually writing from Japan right now, but I'm from the States. I'm learning Japanese for my business, and I was looking for some help with my name.

Nice to meet you and thanks!
Derek

I believe it should be:
デレック・カイル・マーフリー
Welcome to the forums, mate!

WWMD wrote:konban wa mi-na

hajimemashite, watashi wa Minh desu yoroshiku onegaishimasu^^

arigatou gozaimas

Might as well nip spelling problems in the bud... mina or minna (no dash) and gozaimasu.

As for your name, I assume you pronounce 'le' as 'lee' as in the Chinese name 李 (you are Vietnamese?). With that, your name in katakana:
ミン・リー

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Postby WWMD » March 9th, 2008 9:39 pm

hehe yes you right,
i´m vietnamese and i wanna learn japaneseee absolutely i´m very interest in it.

btw, ehm can you write for me in Romaji ; I´m come from vietnam.

arigatou gozaimasu :P

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Postby Psy » March 10th, 2008 6:12 am

Sure. That katakana renders to "min rii" in romaji.
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Kytra
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Postby Kytra » March 10th, 2008 6:25 am

Thanks Psy!

Glad to be here, and I appreciate the help!

narwhalli
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Postby narwhalli » March 18th, 2008 1:57 am

hey does anybody know how to say my name "megan" in japanese?

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Postby francis1989 » March 20th, 2008 12:23 pm

narwhalli-san

megan should be written this way

メガン
Francisco-san

Yoroshiku o-negai shimasu

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