Pronouncing my name is Japanese

[canning865005]

Hi,

My name is Chris and I looked up what that was in Japanese and came up with Kurisu. My question is, is the u silent at the end so instead it would sound more like Kuris in the same way that desu sounds like dess or would I pronouncing the ending as "su"?

Thanks,
Chris

[mmmason8967]

Yes, クリス (kurisu) will be pronounced pretty much as you describe. The 'u' in ku is also quite hard to hear, so your name will come out something like K'riss.

マイケル

[community.japanese]

クリスsan, マイケルsan,
superb insights!

Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com