I Bet I Know your name in japanese

[Tailsop]

Go Ahead Tell me your normal name and ill tell you what it is in japanese if you dont know what itis

 

[MrsAmberface]

Amber Christine

 

[Tailsop]

Its Anberu chiisuchine

 

[KrazyKat]

Sorry, but way off, especially on the last name. I'm really bad at putting words into katakana myself but I'm not sure how you got that. Here is my go:
アンバー クリスティーン
Amber kurisutiin


By the way, does Amber win anything from this bet?
Joking aside, keep going and I'm sure you will get better!

 

[Tailsop]

Dont you know they have so many ways of saying one persons name?

 

[KrazyKat]

Yes, but you can't pronounce Christine as chiisuchine. They sound completely different. Try saying chiisuchine out loud and you will see what I mean.

 

[Tailsop]

........no i dont sorry wait...no

 

[KrazyKat]

Lets take the first bit. Chris. Here the Ch is pronounced as a K not a chi. We need to follow a consonant with a vowel so we write ku. Then comes a ri sound, you missed that completely. Then you got su correct.

Next is tine. This is pronounced like teen in teenager. By using a small i we can make a ti sound, because chi doesn't sound like ti at all. Next the is no 'eh' sound on the end of teen, so we would end with 'n' not 'ne'.

Reference the loan words Christmas and Teenager in you dictionary to check it up if you want.
I hope that this helped break it down for you.

 

[Tailsop]

Hmm i think i see.....Doumo

 

[MrsAmberface]

well thank you haha i learned how to say it too!!! haha now wait i dont quite understand how to say it so could you make like the just straight pronunciation of it?

 

[KrazyKat]

Sorry I didn't wirte the roumaji properly.
The first word should be ambaa.
You would say it just like your name is normally but add a 'oo' after the K and S sounds in Chris.

 

[lastmagi]

You're too nice, KrazyKat. I have little patience for overly enthusiastic teenage beginners trying to pretentiously show off what they've superficially learned. Perhaps it's because I once remember when I was in their shoes...

MrsAmberFace: re: your question, it's basically just using Japanese syllables to match the word or name, so it's nothing really as special as the OP suggested. Just keep in mind that the Japanese "a" is like the "a" in father, "i" is like an "ee," "e" is like "eh," "u" is "oo," and "o" is "oh."

 

[Gaijinian]

I have little patience for overly enthusiastic teenage beginners trying to pretentiously show off what they've superficially learned.

ごめんなさい
残念ながらこれは冗談じゃないです
そろそろ、真剣に勉強する約束をします（←合ってます か？）。

 

[MrsAmberface]

gee...can someone tell me what that sayes i'm sorry i don't really understand things yet...thank you

 

[Elizabeth]

ごめんなさい
残念ながらこれは冗談じゃないです
そろそろ、真剣に勉強する約束をします（←合ってます か？）。

えっ、？何が冗談じゃないんですか？
ちょっと合っていないような気がしますが、誰のことを 話していますか？
「Promise to study」と言いたかったのかな？

 

[Mike Cash]

Go Ahead Tell me your normal name and ill tell you what it is in japanese if you dont know what itis

My name is Michael Cash. Please tell me what it is in Japanese.

 

[Glenn]

..."a" is like the "a" in father...

This always did bother me, because it really confused me at first. The reason is that's not how I say "father." The "a" in "father" to me is like the "aw" in "awful."

 

[KrazyKat]

This always did bother me, because it really confused me at first. The reason is that's not how I say "father." The "a" in "father" to me is like the "aw" in "awful."

Maybe we should say that its like the 'a' in samurai , katana, or ninja instead? Then threre can be no confusion.

 

[Tailsop]

My name is Michael Cash. Please tell me what it is in Japanese.

I think its Michieru kashi

 

[KrazyKat]

Try saying Michael out loud, and then michieru. The name is written phonetically, not by matching roumaji to the English spelling.

I've found a translator so you can get them all right from now on.
Your Name In Japanese :: japanesetranslator.co.uk

 

[doinkies]

Y
eah. "Michieru Kashi" sounds nothing like "Michael Cash".
The accurate spelling would be マイケル・キャッシュ (Maikeru Kyasshu), as Mike Cash probably knows already.
For that matter... @Tailsop , have you just begun studying Japanese? Do you even know any Japanese?

 

[Mycernius]

I have a feeling that he is just putting romaji to English spelling rather than the phonetics. I happen to know that Michael is Maikeru, as it is my first name as well and I have checked in the past with a native speaker.
For Cash I might have tried Ka rather than Kya. I'm sure Mike will let us know.

 

[Razzak]

what about Guilherme Pinto ? I would like to know how to tell it in japanese =P

 

[KrazyKat]

I have a feeling that he is just putting romaji to English spelling rather than the phonetics. I happen to know that Michael is Maikeru, as it is my first name as well and I have checked in the past with a native speaker.
For Cash I might have tried Ka rather than Kya. I'm sure Mike will let us know.

My dictionary gives the Japanese for cash/cache/cash(card) as キャッシュ, so that's what I would have guessed myself, although I think the ka does sound a bit better. So I too am interesed to see what you actually use.

We would have to know how you pronounce Guilherme Pinto in order to answer that. Having said that, I'm sure everyone else here knows exactly how it's pronounced and I've just made an idiot out of myself.

 

[Glenn]

My dictionary gives the Japanese for cash/cache/cash(card) as キャッシュ, so that's what I would have guessed myself, although I think the ka does sound a bit better. So I too am interested to see what you actually use.

According to DIJG, the consonants [k] and [g] are palatalized before the low front vowel (the "a" in "cash" and "cat"), and so the Japanese counterparts are also palatalized, giving you キャ and ギャ. This can be seen in the words キャンパス, キャッシュ, キャッツ, and ギャング.

We would have to know how you pronounce Guilherme Pinto in order to answer that. Having said that, I'm sure everyone else here knows exactly how it's pronounced and I've just made an idiot out of myself.

My guess is ギエールメ ピントー (gieerume pintoo), but I'm not sure how close that actually is. Transliterating non-English words isn't all that easy.