#kyoto dialect

[leafshino84]

Subtle, but effective.

Here's an article on it.

The Art of ‘Ikézu’: Kyoto’s Subtle Language of Consideration

Living in Kyoto, I’ve often heard whispers about a mysterious local expression: ikézu.

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Kansai-ben and I are not the best of friends...

Today, I had another practica (aka special class) on Kansai-ben (for those who don't know, Kansai-ben is the dialect that people in Kyoto and the rest of the Kansai region speak).  Some words are pretty easy to say like わからへん＝わかりません or あかん＝だめ but when you get to conjugating verbs it starts getting pretty difficult.  ESPECIALLY if you're still trying to learn the standard Tokyo-ben. Don't even get me started when it comes to listening/understanding Kansai-ben.  It just makes my brain hurt. T_T.  But I figured, "Nah, I don't have to worry too much about this.  My host parents don't even speak Kansai-ben to me anyway!" Later on, I told my host parents that I had another class on Kansai-ben this afternoon.  However, contrary to what I thought, my host parents thought that two classes on this lovely dialect is "enough experience" to understand what's going on...so now, my host parents talk to me very quickly in Kansai-ben.

If you interested in learning more about Kansai-ben (bless you, if you do) as well hear what it sounds like, then you should check out this lovely website: http://www.kansaiben.com/