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

[jpcw20128731]

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),
Team JapanesePod101.com

arigato Natsuko san

Think it would be the second one as some people do think i say wood so would guess i pronounce it like that and what would that be in romaji ?

[mmmason8967]

Think it would be the second one as some people do think i say wood so would guess i pronounce it like that and what would that be in romaji ?

I'm a little confused by the question, but I'll try re-wording Natsuko's answer to see if the helps:-

If Ward sounds like sword or Ford or bored, then the Japanese is ウォード and the romaji is 'woodo' (wo-o-do).

If Ward sounds like barred or card, then the Japanese is ワード and the romaji is 'waado' (wa-a-do).

マイケル

[grizzlybearjr]

hello my name is Michael Bridgman i was wondering how to to say both part of my name


thank you in advance

[mmmason8967]

hello my name is Michael Bridgman i was wondering how to to say both part of my name

Written in full your name would be　マイケル・ボリジマン　which is first name, a separator (the "・") and surname. It's

Michael　＝　マイケル　(ma-i-ke-ru)

Bridgman　＝　 ボリジマン　 (bo-ri-ji-ma-n).

マイケル

[natsukoy9313]

Hi, double マイケルsan
Birdgman can also be ブリッジマン since we use ブリッジ for the word "bridge"
Just an advice.

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[mmmason8967]

Birdgman can also be ブリッジマン

Oh, yes! That's much better. So it's　ブリッジマン　(bo-ri-j-ji-ma-n).

...since we use ブリッジ for the word "bridge"

Oh dear, oh dear! Japan, what are you doing? Why use ブリッジ when you've got 橋 (hashi), a proper Japanese word? Same goes for using エレベーター (erebeeta) when you've already got 昇降機 (kyouryou).

マイケル

[natsukoy9313]

マイケルさん、
well, we actually use 橋 for collective term, not ブリッジ (although some bridges have name with ブリッジ like レインボーブリッジ).
エレベーター...yes, we don't say 昇降機（しょうこうき） for that.

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[dominicsandhu3903]

Haile Selassie.

Not my name, but I am genuinely intrigued as to how it would be rendered in Japanese.

[mmmason8967]

Haile Selassie is written in katakana as ハイレ・セラシエ (ha-i-re se-ra-shi-i).

マイケル

[team.relationships]

マイケルさん、Thank you for helps as always!
I'm not too sure how to read Haile Selassie, so I cannot really give you the answer.
Maybe マイケルsan's suggestion is correct

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[mmmason8967]

Maybe マイケルsan's suggestion is correct

Haile Selassie is an important historical figure so there's an article on Wikipedia Japan about him.

マイケル

[xannexjnp9154]

hi..

im roxanne mary... i would really like to know whats my name in japanese...
though i have a guess in pronunciation but.. rokusan maari? chigaimasu ne?

Sumimasen

[mmmason8967]

im roxanne mary... i would really like to know whats my name in japanese...
though i have a guess in pronunciation but.. rokusan maari? chigaimasu ne?

For Roxann I think there are two possibilities:-
ロクサン　　ro-ku-sa-n
ロクサーン　ro-ku-sa-a-n　(sounds more like the song by The Police)

If Mary sounds like "starry" (as in "starry, starry night"):-
マーリー　ma-a-ri-i　

If Mary sounds like "fairy":-
メアリー　me-a-ri-i　(most likely)
メーリー　me-e-ri-i　(possible alternative)

If Mary sounds like Marie (as in Marie Osmond):-
マリー　　ma-ri-i

Hope this helps!

マイケル

[team.relationships]

xannexjnp9154-san,
kon'nichiwa!
Like マイケルsan already replied to you, your name can be any of those.
As to Mary, マリー or メアリー are most common ways

マイケルsan,
Thank you very much, as always!

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[peaches303167806]

Im new here ^_^
my name is Georgia Thompson