Nihon-go de namae

Kaian88 · 20 Jun 2006

First I wanted to say "names in japanese" in the topic title, tell me please if it's wrong. ☝

My doubt is: Is every name in japanese written with katanaka, or is there any exception like... surnames?

JimmySeal · 20 Jun 2006

Almost all Japanese surnames are written in kanji but of course there's no rule against writing them in kana. Given names can sometimes be written in kanji, sometimes only in kana.

Non-Japanese people's names are usually written in katakana, but sometimes people choose kanji to phonetically spell out their names. Such things are usually not official though. On the World cup broadcasts, Alessandro Santos' name is shown with his surname in kanji and his given name in katakana.

nice gaijin · 20 Jun 2006

your intended use of "de" requires a verb. If you didn't want a verb, it could be "nihongo no namae" or if you are talking about Japanese people specifically, "nihonjin no namae."

As for your other question, most foreigner's names are written in katakana. If your legal name is in kanji or hiragana, you use that.

Kaian88 · 20 Jun 2006

Arigatou

I asked because I wanted to write a Japanese surname (Kunisaki), i saw it in an anime. May I write it in hiragana? Because I have no way to know if it can be written in kanji

JimmySeal · 20 Jun 2006

There's nothing wrong with writing Kunisaki in hiragana. Go right ahead.

Kaian88 · 20 Jun 2006

JimmySeal said:
There's nothing wrong with writing Kunisaki in hiragana. Go right ahead.

Hai =D

nice gaijin said:
your intended use of "de" requires a verb.

But D: I saw an example in the japanese-online.com which had "Nihongo de, (...)" and it translated 'Nihongo de' as "in japanese". I don't know if the sentence after 'nihongo de,' had any influence but if you count the comma as a sentence separator, you had an isolated "Nihongo de".

I'm not saying that you're wrong, I just don't understand when you can use 'de' now

Elizabeth · 20 Jun 2006

Kaian88 said:
Hai =D
But D: I saw an example in the japanese-online.com which had "Nihongo de, (...)" and it translated 'Nihongo de' as "in japanese". I don't know if the sentence after 'nihongo de,' had any influence but if you count the comma as a sentence separator, you had an isolated "Nihongo de".
I'm not saying that you're wrong, I just don't understand when you can use 'de' now

"Nihongo de no namae" I think is what you were looking for. Nihongo de alone is fine too for sentences like "Nihongo de, dou iimasuka" (How do you say it in Japanese ?), but de as part of a noun phrase needs to be followed by a possessive "no."

KrazyKat · 20 Jun 2006

Kaian88 said:
Arigatou
I asked because I wanted to write a Japanese surname (Kunisaki), i saw it in an anime. May I write it in hiragana? Because I have no way to know if it can be written in kanji D:

If you mean this character List of .hack characters - Wikipedia then we know the Kanji, 国東(kunisaki) 主語(shugo)

Kaian88 · 20 Jun 2006

Elizabeth said:
"Nihongo de no namae" I think is what you were looking for. Nihongo de alone is fine too for sentences like "Nihongo de, dou iimasuka" (How do you say it in Japanese ?), but de as part of a noun phrase needs to be followed by a possessive "no."

Sou desu ne. Arigatou gozaimasu

KrazyKat said:
If you mean this character List of .hack characters - Wikipedia then we know the Kanji, 国東(kunisaki) 主語(shugo)

Iie. I meant Kunisaki Yukito from Air Tv.

yukio_michael · 20 Jun 2006

JimmySeal said:
There's nothing wrong with writing Kunisaki in hiragana. Go right ahead.

I'd say that in the case of not knowing what the original kanji were, it would be the only way you could write the name at all without horribly butchering it.

Elizabeth · 21 Jun 2006

Kaian88 said:
Sou desu ne. Arigatou gozaimasu

Dou itashimashite. Although "sou desune" can only be natural here as a phrase of agreement. if what I was saying, the other party already knew. If you
didn't before reading my answer, then sou desuka? Oh, really ? sounds much better in my opinion.

Cue · 21 Jun 2006

Kaian88 said:
Iie. I meant Kunisaki Yukito from Air Tv.

Ah! Sore nara, 国崎(kunisaki) 往人(yukito) desu ne!

Q

Edit: Sorry, Krazy Kat-san... I stole your line...

KrazyKat · 21 Jun 2006

Kaian88 said:
Sou desu ne. Arigatou gozaimasu
Iie. I meant Kunisaki Yukito from Air Tv.

国崎往人（くにさきゆきと）

Edit: beaten by a minute!

Kaian88 · 21 Jun 2006

Elizabeth said:
Dou itashimashite. Although "sou desune" can only be natural here as a phrase of agreement. if what I was saying, the other party already knew. If you
didn't before reading my answer, then sou desuka? Oh, really ? sounds much better in my opinion.

I see. I could also have written only "Sou desu(I see)", right?

By the way, thank you all for the kanjis of Kunisaki Yukito ^_^!

Elizabeth · 21 Jun 2006

Kaian88 said:
I see. I could also have written only "Sou desu(I see)", right?

Wakarimashita or naruhodo most closely match "I see" in English.

"Sou desu" (Yes, that's right) feels like our roles have been reversed and now I have been asking the questions and you are verifying with me that my information is indeed correct.

Kaian88 · 21 Jun 2006

Elizabeth said:
Wakarimashita or naruhodo most closely match "I see" in English.
"Sou desu" (Yes, that's right) feels like our roles have been reversed and now I have been asking the questions and you are verifying with me that my information is indeed correct.

Jaa, naruhodo ^_^;~

Thanks for explaining it to me Elizabeth-san

*Goes study more and more nihon-go *

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