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eyradeska6317
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Postby eyradeska6317 » November 4th, 2012 10:59 am

aneyonghaseyo

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Re: Name translation

Postby kc101com » November 5th, 2012 10:09 pm

Hello eyradeska6317,



안녕하세요. 반갑습니다 ^^

Welcome to Koreanclass101.com!


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Re: Name translation

Postby sarahadam5390 » December 5th, 2012 2:08 am

Annyong Hasseyo,

I am scanning the boards on here, just signed up. I am trying to learn Korean cause I want to go there one day, so far I only know a couple of words (Annyong hasseyo, Saranghae, Asamidah (sp? its supposed to be sorry, I don't know the english writing for it)

korkor wrote:there are also korean name generators (mostly for fun) if u want.
like http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/10981/
i think they just find a korean name that sounds most closely to ur name ^_^


I tried this for fun, just to see what I got. This is what I got;

Park Jin Mi (What does it stand for?)

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Re: Name translation

Postby community.korean » December 5th, 2012 6:14 am

Hi Sarahadam,

Thanks for having interesting KoreanClass101.com.
It's great to chance to take lessons of Korean.
안녕하세요(annyoung haseyo), 사랑해(saranghae), 감사합니다(gamsahamnida)
By the way,Is Park Jin Mi one of the name from that site ?

There's some meaning of it depending on the what Chinese character is taken.
If you'd like to get the Park Jin Mi for your Korean name, check out what Chinese character is taken please.

Thanks :wink:

Anne,
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Re: Name translation

Postby sarahadam5390 » December 9th, 2012 2:31 am

community.korean wrote:Hi Sarahadam,

Thanks for having interesting KoreanClass101.com.
It's great to chance to take lessons of Korean.
안녕하세요(annyoung haseyo), 사랑해(saranghae), 감사합니다(gamsahamnida)
By the way,Is Park Jin Mi one of the name from that site ?

There's some meaning of it depending on the what Chinese character is taken.
If you'd like to get the Park Jin Mi for your Korean name, check out what Chinese character is taken please.

Thanks :wink:

Anne,
Team KoreanClass101.com


Park jin Mi indeed came from the site I quoted above, Since i am a beginner in Korean I have been reading everything I can and I am trying to comment on the more... ah, updated? Posts, I will deffinantly be checking to see what Chinese character is in the name, thank you for your response.

I have learned a few more words since my last posting, it looks like I totally butchered the spelling on it.

I found Jin Mi
http://www.chinese-names.net/phrase/%E7%B4%A7%E5%AF%86

Jin Means Tight, Mi means Closed in Chinese.

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Re: Name translation

Postby nathanclingan3887 » December 11th, 2012 10:05 pm

Annyeong haseyo, choneun Nathan imnida! My full name is Nathan Josiah Clingan.

I wonder if Yo Sia or Yo Shia would sound normal to Korean ears? Na Than does NOT sound Korean to me.

If I am a Westerner learning Korean, what is the best way to get my own Korean--정말 한국어--name? Should I wait until I have several good Korean friends who know me well?

Do Korean names usually have a meaning? Or is it the sound that matters most?

Is there a big difference between boys' and girls' names?

Gomapseumnida!

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Re: Name translation

Postby community.korean » December 12th, 2012 11:57 am

Hi Nathan,

It's great to know you here!
Your name in Korean would be "조시아 나단".
If you'd like to write your name in Korean, you could use it.
However, you want to get a real Korean name.
We usually have a meaning of the name, because we take chineses characters to the name meaning.
For example, "미아". "미" from the chinses characters "美" means beautiful and "亞" means Asia.
So, that name means "the beautiful man in Asia".
It depends on what the chinese characters take.

There are lots of Korean name lists on the google.
Please, look over and take one which you like the best.

Hope it helps.
Anne,
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Re: Name translation

Postby hayzlettdominique7706 » March 10th, 2013 5:02 am

Annyeonghaseyo. My name is Dominique and I was wondering if someone could tell me how to say and spell my name in Korean. Thanks.

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Re: Name translation

Postby trutherous » March 11th, 2013 2:40 am

Dominique,

"do-mih-NEEK" according to Naver's dictionary it should be "도미니크"

but seeing how your name means "lord" I would make a Korean name for you of "Juhee" 주희 (主姬) with the Hanja (Chinese character) meaning something like "lord girl" 主姬 it is kind of rare Hanja for this name I think so it might be a little strange --

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Re: Name translation

Postby kc101com » March 11th, 2013 7:59 pm

Hey hayzlettdominique7706,


Thanks to trutherous, your name Dominique could be 도미니크 or it could be simply 도미닉.

Some would pronounce do-mi-ni-que or do-mini-q depending on Koreans and as it's a foreign language, it's quite hard to pick which one is right.

If it's Korean, there's certain rule that applies regardless of sound but again it's foreign word so the closer to how Koreans call, think it would be the best shot!;)



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Re: Name translation

Postby trutherous » March 12th, 2013 8:00 am

haha in the US many people pronounce Dominique like "dah-min-eek" 다민익

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Re: Name translation

Postby kc101com » March 13th, 2013 7:44 pm

Hello trutherous,



Haha that is very much true - for the orginal sound!

But people Koreans in Republic of Korea would call 도미닉? :)

It would be really hard to find calling that name as 다민익 in Korea unless there's someone like me who lived both Korea and the States ;)



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Re: Name translation

Postby rayguillena2396 » April 5th, 2013 3:01 pm

Hi everyone, actually im a newbie and I can't even read hangul and can't speak in a conversation. I just knew some basic greetings and a few words. Anyways, can anyone help me write my name in hangul? I think it would look really cool. By the way my name is Ray, you can read it as "Rain" without the N sound at the end. Thank you guys! :D

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Re: Name translation

Postby kc101com » April 9th, 2013 1:39 pm

Hello Ray,


Thank you so much for your comment!:)

We are glad you to be here and also welcome you to Koreanclass101.com :)

For your comment, we would like to suggest you on series of 'hanahana hangul' as this series deals with how to write hangul and how it also pronounces!

Don't worry though you feel hard to learn as it would get better and better as you try and we are here for you to help.

Let us know how this video goes and your name in Hangul will be 레이!:)



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Re: Name translation

Postby rayguillena2396 » April 12th, 2013 1:09 am

Hi madison!

Wow thank you very much! and I just finished the hanahana hangul series and I must say I did learn how to read and write hangul fast. Now, I just need to practice it a bit more. Props to this site! This site is great you get to learn korean fast and have fun at the same time. Thank you!

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