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[mmmason8967]

My name is Sarah Erbe. I am trying to make a Hanko signature stamp for my artwork using my name in katakana. I've been doing lots of research and I was wondering if my guess could be confirmed/corrected.

sara . aabii
サラ.ービー

Is that correct?

サラ is correct for Sarah; it's a well-known western name and that's how it's written. The ービー isn't correct though, for the reason you stated:-

Can a name start with ー or is that not proper since ー 'elongates the vowel sound of the character in front of it?'

That's right: you can't start a word with "ー".

According to www.orientaloutpost.com Erbe is aabu / abu アーブ do I have to put the ー in?

Yes, I think so. The "ー" makes the previous vowel sound twice as long. Without it your name would sound a lot like the current Japanese Prime Minister's name, which is Shinzo Abe.

Also that sounds like "a-boo" whereas aabi / abi would sound like "a-bee" which to me is closer and better.

In that case アービ is probably what you want. Put together that makes your name: サラ・アービ (Sara Aabi).

マイケル

[saraherbe87_504339]

Thank you!

[community.japanese]

マイケルさん、
サラさんを手伝ってくれてどうもありがとうございます。

saraherbe87さん、
Konnichiwa.
I agree with マイケルさん.
I hope you could make a good seal.

Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[willowvekfu_505183]

ithout it your name would sound a lot like the current Ja

http://www.sellaion.com/