Kansai Ben 2 関西べん

Here's some important things to know about Kansai speech. For those who aren't aware; the Osaka area has its own Dialect that is different from the Tokyo way of speaking. Why is this interesting? Well most (if not all) Japanese courses are in Tokyo dialect. So when you travel to Osaka, Japanese sounds totally different.

This post is really intended for those with some Japanese proficiency....
Okay here goes. Japanese sentence endings effect the entire meaning of the sentence. Similar to Spanish, where verb endings dictate meaning. (But then again, not even close to Spanish...)

Tokyo Style (Kanto-ben) Becomes ~> Kansai ben　　　Example
です　　desu 　　　　　　　 ~> yanen やねん　　　　　易しいやねん
だ da ~> ya や　　　　　　　　　　静かや
～ます　masu ~> Dict verb + nen ねん　行くねん
ね？　　ne? (question) ~> na? かわいな？
でも　demo (but) ~> demo na でもな
あの。。。（ummm） ~> ano na あのな
それで (and then) ~> hon de ほんで

Ta form Past tense.
Verb Ending Kanto 　　　　　　　Kansai
行く　　　　　　　　った　　　　　　　　　ってん　　　
く　　　　　　　　　いた　　　　　　　　　いでん
ぐ　　　　　　　　　いだ　　　　　　　　　いでん
う、つ、る　　　　　った　　　　　　　　　ってん
ね、む、ぶ　　　　んだ　　　　　　　　　んでん
する、来る　　　　した・きた　　　　　　してん・きてん

There is no difference in te form verbs

So that was a big piece of information for me to chew on after a conversation with my speech partner... I hope it helps you out. Many thanks to Tomoe!

-This photo is of Kobe Tower. Kobe is one of my favorite cities. It has a big downtown, but within a 5 minute bus ride you can get right to hiking in the mountains. It is pretty cool. Kobe has many famous attractions such as sanomiya shopping center and Kitano (North Kobe). Kitano is a famous Dutch settlement. It has some neat attractions and older European style homes. (we bought some great European Doll house furniture here for our girls!) Another must see is Nankin-machi (China Town). You should go visit some time!!!



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