Kansai-ben iPhone App Preview Audio
Posted on 19. May, 2009 @ 7:34 pm by harvey in Language Views: 456
Hey everyone,
Some audio files from the upcoming Kansai-ben iPhone and iPod Touch Application are below.
The varied differences with standard Japanese (標準語) make Kansai dialect a ton of fun to hear and speak. There are simple grammatical differences like changing the negative “nai-form” of verbs to “hen” (e.g., 行けない to 行けへん), but there are also cases where phrases are completely unique to the Kansai area, like this one:
どないもならへん。
donai mo nara hen.
“Nothing can be done about it.”
This is similar to “doushiyou mo nai” in standard Japanese.Here is the normal speed pronunciation from the upcoming application:
Fun stuff. The actual application includes slow speed pronunciations as well. Details on the application are available here.
You can look forward to more than 100 other Kansai-ben phrases once the application is finally released.
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