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

[dinaga1828]

Natsuko-san, thank you very much for the welcome!

[natsukoy9313]

DinoTrnka san,
dou itashimashite

Natsuko(奈津子)
Team JapanesePod101.com

[motoxkid20058640]

My name is Aaron Symes, would anyone be so kind as to translate it for me please .

[mmmason8967]

My name is Aaron Symes, would anyone be so kind as to translate it for me please .

I think it is エーロン・サイムズ, which is E-e-ro-n　Sa-i-mu-zu.

マイケル

[natsukoy9313]

Like マイケルsan wrote, エーロン・サイムス（or ズ） could be one way.
Also, many Aaron-san and Arron-san adopt アーロン for the first part. As you like

Natsuko(奈津子),
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[motoxkid20058640]

Thanks for the responses!

[natsukoy9313]

You're welcome!

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[radu9976]

What about mine?

Radu Raicea

Pronounced:
Rah-doo
Rah-i-tcha

[mmmason8967]

I think your name is probably ラードゥ・ライチャ, which is ra-a-du ra-i-cha.

マイケル

[carliwilcox7927]

My name is Carli Wilcox.
I think it will be カッルイ　ワコス

Also I have a friend named Kelly and her son Pat.
They would like to know what their names would be.

あり儀と　ございます!!

[mmmason8967]

My name is Carli Wilcox.
I think it will be カッルイ　ワコス

I think your name is カーリー・ウイルコクス, which is ka-a-ri-i u-i-ru-ko-ku-su.

Also I have a friend named Kelly and her son Pat.
They would like to know what their names would be.

Kelly is けりー, which is ke-ri-i.

Pat is パト, which is pa-to.

マイケル

[radu9976]

I think your name is probably ラードゥ・ライチャ, which is ra-a-du ra-i-cha.

マイケル

Ra-a-du has three syllables, while your translation has four.

Same goes with Ra-i-cha...

Can you explain? ^_^

[mmmason8967]

Yes, I'll try to explain how it works:-

ラ　　ra
ー　　symbol that means the preceding vowel (in this case 'a') should be held twice as long
ドゥ　combination pronounced as 'du'; it's made up of ド (do) and a small-size ウ (u).
ラ　　ra
イ　　i
チャ　combination pronounced as 'cha', made of チ (chi) and a small-size ヤ (ya).

The combinations are written as a normal-size kana followed by a small-size kana, so it's ドゥ, not ドウ, and it's チャ, not チヤ. Although they're made of two kana, these combinations are pronounced as a single syllable, so although each name looks like four syllables, there's actually only three in each one.

The ドゥ combination is a special one used for western words and names. The first character is 'to' and the two little marks indicate that it's voiced, meaning that it changes from 'to' to 'do'. This applies to all the 't' characters: the two marks indicated that the 't' sound is replaced by a 'd' sound. The 't' characters are ta, ti, tu, te and to but as you probably already know, 'ti' is pronounced 'chi' and 'tu' is pronounced 'tsu'. The voiced version of the 'tsu' character pronounced 'zu' and not 'du' as you might expect, so the combination ドゥ is used to represent the 'du' sound in western words and names.

マイケル

[jpcw20128731]

Hello not been learning long and would love to know my name in japanese if some would be so kind to translate if for me
carl ward

[natsukoy9313]

Hi, everyone!
Wow, マイケルsan, very good advice! I think ラードゥ・ライチャ and ケリー are perfect.

I have other suggestions;
Carli Wilcox: カーリ・ウィルコックス
Pat: パット

And, Carl Ward san, is your surname pronounced rather "wa-a-d" or "wo-o-d"?
Carl Ward: カール・ワード (if "wa-a-d") or カール・ウォード (if "wo-o-d")

Natsuko(奈津子),
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