Comments on: Learn Kansai-ben

By: Gakuranman

Gakuranman — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:54:00 +0000

They are up again on my new Youtube channel :)

By: Tayla

Tayla — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:35:00 +0000

I could not view the videos… Is there a way to watch them? I am really interested in learning Kansai-ben, but you have made the video private… I suppose that this was a long time ago, though.

By: Matt Katch

Matt Katch — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:34:32 +0000

I live in Kagawa-ken, so the Sanuki-ben area, but we get a lot of Kansai-ben filtered in. I know I hear おもろい for 面白い, and やがら is occasionally substituted for です. So これはペンやがら。 Also the local 何してんねん, for Sanuki-ben is 何しおん？ but you can actually use it as a question — not necessarily rhetorical. Works for できる too: 何できおん？

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:45:38 +0000

Thanks for your comment Daniel! I think you’re a little confused about 何してんねん. Generally it is used when you are angry with someone, want to feign anger in a comedic fashion or are just talking very informally with friends. It is not a polite phrase. You are right that it could be translated as ‘Yo, what’s up’ in a few situations. もうかりまっか means ‘are you earning a lot’ (lit.) or ‘how are you doing’ and is usually replied to with ‘ぼちぼちでんな’ which means ‘okay I guess’ or ‘so-so’. I have not heard ぼちぼちでんな being used as a reply to 何してんねん before, so I can’t comment on that.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:45:00 +0000

By: Pham Thuy ANh

Pham Thuy ANh — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:45:48 +0000

Maido./.
Ookini
Thanks alot, i love KansaiBen.

By: Pham Thuy ANh

Pham Thuy ANh — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:45:00 +0000

Maido./.
Ookini
Thanks alot, i love KansaiBen.