Title: Kansai dialect, Tokyo dialect, yada yada yada...
Description: I need to know! lol
Mills McDougle - April 21, 2005 11:51 AM (GMT)
Heh, well, I've only JUST NOW figured out exactly what Asuka is saying in Tekken 5, and why it sounds that way, thanks much to a member of the Zaibatsu forums. :bow: :D
OK, here's the question. She says 'anta yowai wa', and the person referred to is as Kansai dialect, which is the reason why it sounds like that. So I looked it up, and now I see Tokyo dialect floating around in my searches! So, I'm curious now. What are these different dialects exactly? How many different ones are there? How do I distinguish them? To whomever knows, can you post examples as well? Thanks much. ^_^
Doatek - April 21, 2005 06:24 PM (GMT)
hope this will help you a bit.
http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/logos/japanese.htmlit's impossible to explain our dialects exactly in such a thread thing. lol. i have to publish several books to do it. actually, many of japanese natives couldn't understand other's dialects.
Mills McDougle - April 21, 2005 08:29 PM (GMT)
So, in a sense, it's the same as how we use completely different accents and slang in different parts of the US?
Doatek - April 21, 2005 08:55 PM (GMT)
unfortunately, i've never been to US, so i couldn't answer. :D
Mills McDougle - April 21, 2005 09:40 PM (GMT)
Heh, OK. Thanks anyway. :D
Ayane - September 12, 2005 10:16 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mills McDougle @ Apr 21 2005, 01:29 PM) |
| So, in a sense, it's the same as how we use completely different accents and slang in different parts of the US? |
It can be the same, for instance someone in the southern US will say a different word that what we're used to back west. There's a fine line of similarity.