How to write Margaret in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Margaret becomes マーガレット, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| マ | ma | |
| ー | – | long vowel mark: hold the sound before it a little longer |
| ガ | ga | |
| レ | re | |
| ッ | – | small tsu: a short pause that doubles the next sound |
| ト | to |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example マーガレット・スミス for Margaret Smith.