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herufaia
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 2 Location: penang Country: |
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KouSeiya315
Joined: 14 Dec 2001 Posts: 1837 Location: United States Country: |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:11 am Post subject: Re: help me with my name. |
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herufaia wrote: | my name is Siew Ean. can translate to japanese for me n what it means? | [/u][/quote]
I would help but I have no idea how that's pronounced
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ptasiek
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herufaia
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 2 Location: penang Country: |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: help me with my name. |
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KouSeiya315 wrote: |
I would help but I have no idea how that's pronounced |
its pronounced >> si u ii en
thanx for helping
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niko2x
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 4009 Location: East Coast, US Country: |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: help me with my name. |
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herufaia wrote: | its pronounced >> si u ii en
thanx for helping | �V���C�C�G���BIt would also have (approximatlely) the same pronuciation. _________________
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Freigest
Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 3 Location: OULU Country: |
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gelyn
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Veloren
Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 2
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:39 am Post subject: |
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Greetings all, I like so many others am searching for my name in Hiragana and/or Katakana.
My firstname Matt, is Shinzou (gift of god)
My lastname means "Olive tree" lol but I have no idea what that is in japanese.
As always, any help will be greatly appreciated.
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K.T.Tran
Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 14056 Location: San Ho Se, Ka-Ri-Por-Nya Country: |
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Veloren
Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 2
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:01 am Post subject: |
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K.T.Tran wrote: | I have absolutely no idea as to what my name means in japanese
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Well if it helps anyone translate your name
Tran:
1.Vietnamese: unexplained.
2.Scottish: nickname from Old Norse trani �ecrane�f.
Kevin:
Handsome (otokomae)
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K.T.Tran
Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 14056 Location: San Ho Se, Ka-Ri-Por-Nya Country: |
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Veloren wrote: |
Well if it helps anyone translate your name
Tran:
1.Vietnamese: unexplained.
2.Scottish: nickname from Old Norse trani �ecrane�f.
Kevin:
Handsome (otokomae) |
Really!!!! i had no idea. Kevin means handsome huh....i don't see it Thanks for the info Veloren
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yume
Joined: 27 Jun 2003 Posts: 212
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:55 am Post subject: |
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Freigest wrote: | My first name is Ilari so could anyone help me to write it in Japanese. The pronounciation it is quite the same with Japanese and Finnish language so I think my name needs precisely three hiragana or katagana symbols.
Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu. |
�C����
�C�� I
���� la (or ra)
���� ri (or li)
You should write your name in Katakana because it is not original Japanese name. Anything non-Japanese is considered 'foreign loan' and is therefore written in Katakana. Though, there are many Japanese who write their names in Katakana for effect or for government forms when it asks you to provide the sounds of your kanji name.
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dochira
Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 8550 Location: California Country: |
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:53 am Post subject: |
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yume wrote: |
Though, there are many Japanese who write their names in Katakana for effect or for government forms when it asks you to provide the sounds of your kanji name. |
Huh, I would have thought they would be using hiragana to sound out a kanji name. But it works either way since hiragana and katakana are both phonetical alphabets.
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pcmodem
Joined: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 2247 Location: SF Bay Area Country: |
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:54 am Post subject: |
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kitakaze wrote: | Well, close as I can gather, my last name in Croatian is "North Wind," which is where I came up with �k�� . I don' t know what to do for a first name, but I usually just transliterate it into �W�F���~ . |
Honestly, just do what most Japanese parents do: pick a name.
Easiest thing to do.
If memory serves, -kaze has to do with the wind.
North... not sure on ordinals. Noosou?
-PCM
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ahochaude
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 10291 Location: Matsuhama-cho, Ashiya-shi, Hyogo-ken, Japan Country: |
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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dochira wrote: |
Huh, I would have thought they would be using hiragana to sound out a kanji name. But it works either way since hiragana and katakana are both phonetical alphabets. |
I also thought likewise until about 6 months ago.
When I started working at Vuitton, we have promising customers fill out a personal information card. In it, we request to have them fill in their name and address. Above the line that we request they fill in their name, we have a part labeled "furigana". And EVERYONE of my customers has written the furigana part in katakana. At first, I thought it was just the first several Japanese that I've serviced. But six months later, all of my cards have katakana in the furigana area. ---Learn something new everyday. _________________
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dochira
Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 8550 Location: California Country: |
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:08 am Post subject: |
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ahochaude wrote: |
When I started working at Vuitton, we have promising customers fill out a personal information card. In it, we request to have them fill in their name and address. Above the line that we request they fill in their name, we have a part labeled "furigana". And EVERYONE of my customers has written the furigana part in katakana. At first, I thought it was just the first several Japanese that I've serviced. But six months later, all of my cards have katakana in the furigana area. |
Yes, very informative indeed. Of course for a gaikokujin like me, my entire name would be in katakana, no furigana necessary.
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pcmodem
Joined: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 2247 Location: SF Bay Area Country: |
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:11 am Post subject: |
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dochira wrote: |
Yes, very informative indeed. Of course for a gaikokujin like me, my entire name would be in katakana, no furigana necessary. |
Heck, I've got a real Japanese name, in addition to my American name, and have forgotten the characters.
-PCM
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yume
Joined: 27 Jun 2003 Posts: 212
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Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:51 am Post subject: |
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pcmodem wrote: |
Heck, I've got a real Japanese name, in addition to my American name, and have forgotten the characters.
-PCM |
I hate to sound cheeky, but what is an American name?
Sometimes I am confused if people are using American to be synonymous with English [the ethnicity, not the language].
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pcmodem
Joined: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 2247 Location: SF Bay Area Country: |
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:36 am Post subject: |
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yume wrote: |
I hate to sound cheeky, but what is an American name?
Sometimes I am confused if people are using American to be synonymous with English [the ethnicity, not the language]. |
When I saw "an American name" that is for the benefit of non-Americans or non-UK folks. Names like John, Matt, Thomas, David, etc.
-PCM
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