トニー
tonī
トニー (tonī) is the Japanese transcription for the male given name Tony.
トニー is used to refer to a person named Tony.
How do you pronounce it?
tonī
Did you know?
- When referring to a person named トニー, Japanese speakers will almost always add a suffix like さん ('san') or くん ('kun'), as calling someone just トニー can sound overly blunt or aggressive.
- In Japanese typography, the long vowel marker in トニー looks like a dash, but it is actually a horizontal katakana character called 'chōonpu'.
- While トニー is a phonetic transcription, Japanese people sometimes create ateji by assigning kanji characters to foreign names based on their meaning or sound to give the name a visual identity.
Examples in context
- 彼はトニーです。He is Tony.This sentence is useful for stating that someone is Tony.Tatoeba #111506 by bunbuku, translation #292177 by CN
- トニーはどこだ。Where's Tony?This sentence is useful for asking for Tony's location.Tatoeba #200534 by bunbuku, translation #37735 by CN
- トニーは幸せでした。Tony was happy.This sentence is useful for describing Tony's state of happiness in the past.Tatoeba #200528 by small_snow, translation #37729 by CN
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Example conversation
Yota and Himari are talking about a new coworker.
- 陽葵 Himari新しい人は誰？Atarashii hito wa dare?Who is the new person?
- 陽太 Yotaトニーという人だよ。Tonī to iu hito dayo.It's someone named Tony.
- 陽葵 Himariトニーはどこから来たの？Tonī wa doko kara kita no?Where is Tony from?
- 陽太 Yotaアメリカから来たんだ。Amerika kara kita n da.He came from America.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
