Kansai-ben Lesson 6 with Bonus!
Posted on 10. May, 2006 @ 11:12 pm by harvey in Language, Osaka Views: 364
Kansai-ben lesson Point 「〜とちゃう?」
A-san is speaking standard Japanese
B-san is speaking Kansai Dialect
A: あれ、Cちゃんはどうなったの?最近学校で見ないけど。
B: また転校したんとちがう?
A: Eh? What happened to C-san? I haven’t seen her in school recently…
B: She probably changed schools again….
A: え、なんだよこれ。また服が縮んだ。
B: また洗濯機の水が熱すぎたんとちゃう?
A: Eh? What is this? My clothes shrunk again!
B: The water in the laundry machine was set too hot again probably huh?
A: あれは、何の犬だっけ?
B: あらはチャウチャウとちゃうん?
A: いや、チャウチャウちゃうんちゃう?
B: なるほど。
A: What kinda dog is that?
B: That’s probably a Chow-Chow isn’t it?
A: No, I think it’s probably not a Chow-Chow.
B: I see…
※ This is a classic, gag-like example of Kansai-ben. If you use it you’ll either get a laugh, or get punched.
A: 咳が止まらないんだよ。
B: 風邪引いたんとちゃう?
A: I just can’t get over this cough…
B: You probably caught a cold or something.
A: あ、このパスタ!すっぱい!
B: コックさんは新人とちゃう?
A: Wow this pasta is sour!
B: The cook is probably a new guy or something.
「〜とちゃう」Explanation:
「とちがいますか?」in standard Japanese becomes 「とちゃう?」 in Kansai dialect. However, the sentence structure of 「と違いますか?」is not so frequently used in standard Japanese. In terms of usage, the Kansai 「ちゃう?」 is closer to the more commonly used 「じゃない?」, though the grammatical roots seem to be unrelated.
For example.
風邪引いたんとちゃう? Would be expressed as, 風邪引いたんじゃない? in standard Japanese.
「〜ちゃう」ADVANCED FEVER ROUND:
This special advanced fever round of ちゃう is provdied by authentic Kansai-jin, ばびぃさん!
関西弁 Kansai-ben
A:あれチャウチャウちゃう? (チャウ is a Chinese type of dog)
B:ちゃうちゃう。
A:チャウチャウちゃうん?
B:チャウチャウちゃうよ!
標準語 Standard Japanese
A:あれチャウチャウ(中国の犬)じゃない?
B:違う違う。
A:チャウチャウじゃないの?
B:チャウチャウじゃないよ!
関西弁で「違う」の事を「ちゃう」って言うの。
もっとなじみのある会話では、
C:ハービー、数学の勉強せなアカンのちゃうん?
D:ちゃうねん!明日数学のテストちゃうねん。
C:ハービー、数学の勉強しないといけないんじゃないの?
D:違うの!明日数学のテストじゃないの。
関西弁で「ちゃうねん」って言うといい訳の意味をあらわすのよね。
Now you got it! You’re the ちゃう master! Thanks to Babie for that special bonus exercise!
[UPDATE] If you’re interested in Kansai-ben, check out our Kansai-ben iPhone Application! Japanese 101: Kansai Dialect.
- Harvey
Check out these other Kansai-ben Lessons!
Kansai-ben Lesson 8 – I don’t mind
Kansai-ben Lesson 7 – Revival!
Kansai-ben Lesson 2 – eeyarouka?
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