'ga' sound in Japanese?

Question

I was looking at a katakana table in Japanese and I thought I'd have a go at spelling my name (Gareth), but there doesn't seem to be a symbol for the 'ga' syllable. So what would I use instead?

Answer 1

You cannot find ga gi gu ge go in your katakana chart?
Here it is:
ガ　ギ　グ　ゲ　ゴ

Answer 2

Although ガレス (ga-re-su) may be what you're looking for--Japanese has no 'th' sound and does not allow words to end in consonants other than 'n'--I wonder how you pronounce your name. In Japanese, ガ is pronounced like the first two letters in the English word 'god'. On the other hand, if the first syllable of your name is like in the name 'Gary', I suggest you use ゲ. Thus, your name would be ゲレス.

Answer 3

the pronunciation of ur name in japanese katakana would go like this: GA-RES as ur name ended with the letter "th".

Answer 4

I guess you were looking at a basic Katakana chart (アイウエオ、カキクケコ etc..) which shows all Katakana alphabets. Those alphabets is also called Gojuon or Seion in phonologic in Japanese language.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goj%C5%ABon

'ga' is ガ （カ + ゛(dakuten)） in Katakana, but its sound belong to Dakuon in phonologic. you can find ga (ガ) in Katakana(Dakuon) chart of the following reference;
http://www.webdico.com/dico/kanag.htm

* Explanation of Dakuon in Katakana　etc..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakuten

Answer 5

there is mahn..coz yo name is pronounced 　as "ga-re-to" so it should be like this in katakana" ガーレト　or がーれと　in hiragana..hope itll help

Answer 6

that is ka with a " on the top right corner

most usual transliteration would be ga-re-su