Kansai-ben Lesson 2

April 13, 2006 on 11:21 pm | In Language, Osaka | | Email This Post

Kansai-ben lesson Point 「〜した方がええやろか？」

「〜した方がええやろか？」 Examples:
A: 今日雨降りそうやなぁ。傘持ってた方がええやろか？
B: だね、持ってきて！

A: Looks like it’s going to rain today. Maybe I should bring an umbrella?
B: Yeah, bring it!

A: う〜ん、この風邪はなかなか治らんなぁ。医者に行ってみた方がええやろか？
B: うん、行ってみて。

A: Wow, I just can’t get over this cold. Maybe I should go see a doctor…
B: Yeah, you should go.

A: 最近仕事大変やねん。やめた方がええやろか？
B: 大変だと思うけど、やめるのはやり過ぎじゃない？

A: Work is tough lately… Maybe I should quit?
B: I’m sure it’s tough, but isn’t quitting a little extreme?

「〜した方がええやろか？」Explanation:
「〜した方がええやろか？」Roughly equals, 「〜した方がいいでしょうか？」
Basically 「〜した方がええやろか？」is the same as 「〜した方がいいでしょうか？」in standard Japanese. It is as simple as いい becomes ええ and でしょう becomes やろ. I have been told however, that the Kansai-ben version, is more of an internal question of the speaker than the standard Japanese counterpart. When someone says something in the やろか form, they may not actually want a reply back from someone. It might just be a thinking out loud kind of statement.

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    so person B is you? this is good lesson though.

    Comment by Mami — April 14, 2006 #

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