Kansai Dialect vs Standard Japanese (Osaka-ben!)

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[@JapaneseAmmowithMisa]

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[@lwy0802]

Hi, so beautiful girl... I like your videos... I study with the videos, anyway ; When could you make a video explaining about: "程", "ほとんど".. and more ?

[@FreakinSpooky]

That's really brave of you to be so forward about your feelings and history with the dialect. You're amazing, I always enjoy your content.😁

[@shonenbag6478]

Misa is such an inspiration with her bravery.

[@TheMadnessangel]

My boyfriend is japanese from Kyoto and by staying with him, my japanese became a weird accent, a mix of Kansai and normal japanese. He is always laughing about it because I try to learn japanese by imitating him, but now my accent become like a mix of male-kansai accent sometimes ahahha. I need to correct that ... I love osaka-ben even tho and I plan to go to there next year. ^^

[@Arcticachan]

Same here! I also sometimes speak a weird mix of kansai-standard japanese. My pitch also has to be corrected a lot lol.

[@deioped]

Kyoto-ben is the best dialect dude, waaaaay better than osaka-ben. Lucky you!!

[@KamiSeiTo]

Poor Misa, from different videos I think to understand that you really went through a lot (and aftermath is not over) in your life. I'm sure it's still not easy everyday, but still you're incredibly brave and you managed to be an incredibly great person. This is really inspiring, you do are an amazing person. I hope you'll get better and better with time and help. You are an inspiration, language wise, but life wise too. (Sorry for my broken English.)

[@hawukk4866]

I love when English second language speakers write the most complex sentences know to man. Like, some stuff I wouldn't be able to write, then these mfs say "sorry for my broken english". Good shit man.

[@Zoombieknr1]

Most people in Poland, when going outside, we say "Idę na dwór" (literally: I'm going to backyard). Easterners would say "Idę na pole" (I'm going to the field. Like corn field or sth) and it always cracks me up xD

[@Nobeastmode82]

Y'all Poland ppl got taste uu be listening to lil baby huh

[@qelluc]

“Ide na pole” sounds like «иду на пол» which translates from Russian into “going into ground”. Cracks me up as well

[@nikolaklobucar7981]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@qelluc Russian иду на пол sounds like “Idu na pol” in Croatian as in “(They are) going to the pole” like north or south pole hahahahahahha

[@oleksiishekhovtsov1564]

​​@@qellucI'd argue it actually sounds identical to "Иди на поле" which also means go to the field...

[@VIVY1818]

間違えたらイライラされるの！？怖いな

[@joanams8353]

In Scotland people say "cheers" instead of thanks, "yous (or youse)" as a plural form of you, and a lot of people (especially old ladies) will call you "hen" as an affectionate term

[@mew11two]

Saying cheers instead of thanks is widespread throughout the UK.

[@Pholcusphalangioides8]

none of those are specific to scotland. Scotland has loads of examples you could choose that are specific only to them though, like 'fae' or 'frae' instead of 'from'

[@sammyfastfinger5414]

Accents and dialects within languages are some of the most interesting parts of language in my opinion. Its interesting that some of the same parts of language seem to change as well. Like changes in negation like ない to へん or in English where I'm from you will hear people say ain't a decent amount instead of not, and also to me its quite common for friends to say some pretty offensive things to each other and its just a friendly thing. (like しばくぞ) Maybe I just live in the American version of 大阪. But as far as regional things in America some lesser known things would be in western Pennsylvania(Pittsburgh) people call a vacuum cleaner a sweeper, or in most places its either highway, freeway or expressway. A sandwich being either a sub or a hoagie. Either sneakers or tennis shoes. A inter city train is generally the subway but its the L in Chicago, and in D.C its the metro.(There's also the T in Pittsburgh but its a bit different.) In some places the buses are port authority and not department of transportation although that's less of a language thing. And in the north east people will pluralize some words by just adding an s (e.g. yous). Sorry for such a bloated comment but just some examples of how regionality plays a big part in at least English, and no doubt most other languages.

[@AB-om2qp]

we say youse in my region as well (Liverpool/North West UK)

[@Larolex3]

Excellent analysis mate

[@KamiSeiTo]

Not bloated, it's interesting! Thank you! ^^

[@jayeraine]

@@AB-om2qp Like an old timey gangster saying "Youse guys"?

[@VogtTD]

I would think that diverging accents are actually how one language eventually evolves into another.

[@puregsr]

So I bet you don't get comments on Taiwanese (not Taiwanese Mandarin, but Taiwanese Hokkien). I am the only few surviving strictly Taiwanese-speaking families left in the world, including my young kids. The Taipei accent used to be the standard like 80 years ago, but now the Southern accent from Tainan and Kaohsiung is the standard (sadly due to continued suppression of the language) and it's actually surprisingly elegant. People in Southern Taiwan are just like Kansai people, warm-hearted and super friendly. Growing up in Taipei, I was brainwashed to assume the South is backward and full of hicks, but later found out the accent is quite lovely and poetic. For example, one year (一年 tsi̍t-nî） is one winter （一冬 tsi̍t-tang), I love it.

[@RuthMcDougal]

I am glad you spoke positively about girls with US southern dialects! 💕I am a southerner and feel like it’s often common for people to think Southerners don’t sound smart or are prejudiced more so than other people with other dialects. It’s common to see “stupid” characters on shows have a country voice, but I hate that stereotype. People are people and it’s good to not be fooled into thinking someone is a certain way just based on dialect or accent. All that to say that despite being born and raised in the south I had speech therapy as a kid and while I sound American, I have no placeable accent to most people in the US. 😭 And thanks for sharing your story about accents/dialects and how it was very hard for you. ❤️I had a similar experience with my birth father. I naturally like guys with more tenor or slightly under tenor speaking voices instead of the deep deep bass voices because he had a deep voice. He also has a very “northern” dialect. I was subconsciously choosing people with lighter voices and finally realized a few years back and could challenge that! I love your voice and I try to shadow your voice when I practice my Japanese. 🥰

[@khsuki1]

I always had fond memories of going down south on vacation and hearing the waitresses with their Southern twang, it was always so inviting. I think that one of the reasons why everyone likes Dolly Parton. ;)

[@srkaz8114]

I know I'm way late to the party but, as someone with the "standard" American accent, I love southern accents and I actually use it quite a lot.

[@RuthMcDougal]

@@srkaz8114 I have a standard American accent too because of speech therapy when I was a kid. Most people can't place where I'm from, but I am very protective of my friends and family who have accents because that doesn't make them ignorant. I'm from North Lousiana which has its own dialect as well. 😀

[@Sylkenwolf]

​@RuthMcDougal South Carolina here!👋I feel the same way and try not let it get to me. Northern people have come to our area and made fun of us and changed things because they think we're stupid and ignorant. Its always funny how others flock south only to say we're doing it all wrong!😂 My accent is more country than southern. I don't have the 'Scarlett O'Hare' lilt. Lol.

[@Condeycon]

Misa is literally Blade: she is the daywalker who can walk between the Kanto and Kansai worlds.

[@hotsauce0606]

Blade is a vampire

[@olegdeviatko4956]

@@hotsauce0606 No, he is dhampir: half vampire / half human.

[@hotsauce0606]

@@olegdeviatko4956 is a half black person not black?

[@olegdeviatko4956]

@@hotsauce0606 Here in Russia half black person is Russian.

[@general_alexus2533]

I love scenes in Comedy anime (saw it in several) when crows are flying in the background and they make the sound "ahou ahou"

[@fuwameanssoft]

I’m from the north of England, and I have two things that I really like from my dialect: - The “-ie” diminutive suffix to make things sound smaller and cuter, like “Babbie” for baby. I would often get told to “Brush my peggies” by my Nan, “Pegs” being slang for teeth - Although this is closer to Irish, I sometimes pronounce /t/ closer to /s/, meaning “Not one bit” can sound closer to “Not one biss”. I think it sounds quite soft and lulling :)

[@malokeytheallaround]

Aww that sounds so cute!

[@TVNGOTC]

Its fascinating the more North you go in England right into Scotland, the harder it is to understand for a North American. I met two men on the train in near Berwick (forget where they from), couldn't undersrand 85% of what they were saying, but super nice gents. My cousins in Scotland even know my dad and I get lost when listening to them sometimes lol

[@aadil3569]

@@TVNGOTC Really? I've found people near the Borders have suuuper soft accents

[@TVNGOTC]

@@aadil3569 I am from Canada so maybe that might tell you something 😅

[@Sylkenwolf]

Wasn't North Umbria where the Queen was originally from?

[@Blackspeech]

I've been waiting for this video! Thanks Misa! Greetings from Chile.

[@shadowu745]

We love you down here in the hood of Compton. Thank you Misa san for another great video, can’t wait to watch it later with the homies.

[@almosjuhasz8216]

bro that sounds awesome!

[@Zoombieknr1]

コムぷトンのふうづかわいいです　UwU

[@Jadesmorot]

I’m from Stockholm: Sweden so I speak “standard” Swedish, if not a bit slang-y because I lived in central Sweden as a kid/teen. Currently I’m studying Animation in Småland where people have a really “strong”/recognizable dialect and at school i’m surrounded by people from all over the country with different dialects! I think everyone sounds really different and interesting but they all think I’m normal because I speak the kind of Swedish that’s on TV and stuff, it’s quite odd 😅💕 Also I got the Bokksu box you showing the video in the mail a couple of days ago but I can’t open it because I’m going to share it with my friends and one of them is ill! I was so jealous watching the video, seeing you eat snacks that were maybe 2m away from me that I couldn’t eat haha 😭

[@sdlion7287]

I really loved Lovely Complex, they also break the mold on changing their style every other episode. Btw, in my school they use a lot マジ for ほんと but I am not sure if it's a kansai thing, since they're from everywhere.

[@Rinko-hoshi]

Well, I heard 'maji' in an anime set in Tokyo (if I remember correctly) from a character from there, I think, so it's probably got nothing to do with dialect. I'm not entirely certain though... 知らんけど～ Anime can only help so much. Even slice of life which is apparently more realistic, speech-wise~

[@ncx8049]

マジ is just a general slang I think. For ほんとう、the Kansai equivalent is ホンマ。

[@YuriyVashurin]

In Yakuza, I heard people on the streets repeating "マジ？うそ!" so many times :D

[@RobotOcelot]

Funny dialect thing I learned this summer. In western Canada (BC), my friend from Ontario was very confused whenever we would talk about cabins. He had only ever used the word cottage instead. He thought we were talking about going to a shed or something when saying "I'm going out to the cabin this weekend."

[@timlamiam]

Canadian English is quite homogeneous compared to even other countries' English imo. Comparing Canada to the US east coast or England, it's crazy how many more extremely distinct accents there are in a smaller geographic region. Whereas in Canada, the accents are quite mild in difference in comparison.

[@timlamiam]

as for cabin vs cottage, thats a pretty cool vocabulary quirk. In Ontario, cottage has the connotation of furnished, heated, vacation cabin. Cabin conjures images of Boy Scout camping with no running water and electricity with open air outhouses.

[@hunter8i8]

A lovely video about differences about dialects. I'm sorry to hear about your Father but I'm happy you're working through it now. I'm learning little by little. Thank you Sensei. :)

[@greenland5313]

Thank you for your videos, especially this one for being so open about your own feelings. I love your videos, it's like I'm sitting and having a conversation with you (which is really helpful in associating words/learning!). Thank you so much for your videos, you have helped me so much. ❤️

[@Tailwinds17]

I'm born and raised in Mid Michigan but for some reason I've picked up a bit of the Northern Michigan/Ontario Canada dialect. Especially after being isolated so long for the pandemic it has gotten stronger. People ask me about it a lot because it sounds like a combination of Northern Peninsula and Flint. My contractor is from Ontario and when I first heard his accent in person I was like ":O you talk like me!".

[@mayorjoshua]

Using ちゃうちゃう at the beginning of a sentence even when there is no disagreement reminds of the initial phrase "no because" I've heard many young people recently; for example, (walking into an empty bathroom stall) "No because why is there a phone in the toilet?" or (chatting with someone who dislikes about midnight fireworks) "No because people are trying to sleep." I feel like in the case of "no, because", there is a nuance that what is said should not be no matter what (it seems to refute a counterargument that is implied by the existence of the thing that follows this phrase, such as 'there is no reason for anyone to leave their phone in a toilet' or 'there is no excusable reason for someone to make such noise with fireworks when people are trying to get a good night's sleep'). I think it's very interesting.

[@bobcabot]

your honesty is striking! i bow...

[@aliciagarcia8350]

you're so brave for sharing your story, sending you lots of love. also wanted to mention this was greatly informative and your hair is beautiful!

[@kipdude1]

I've been waiting for this video ❤️おおきにMisa先生

[@ajax7590]

Misa先生、 I appreciate you so much doing this and all your content ! I’ve been wanting to learn 関西弁 and 博多弁 , so thank you for this

[@planetes82]

I love dialects and accents. I’m from italy and we have soooo many dialects, they change not just from region to region but also from city to city and from village to village (even if they are just a few kilometers apart), and some of them are total diffent languages from italian. I think we shouldn’t focus on the grammar correctness but we should just accept them for what they are, and i also believe it’s ok not to like certain dialects and to prefer others (there are some dialects i just can’t stand listening to, and for no apparent reason). いつもありがとうございますみさ先生😘

[@supadaru]

Hearing you talk about anything is a good time.

[@warnergraham8608]

Everytime i watch ur videos i learn something new. Thank you.

[@fullpedalalchemist]

My first real exposure to Kansai-ben was Heiji and Kazuha yelling at each other in Detective Conan 😂

[@BegetsSaamie-yz9kz]

Since I discover your channel, I didn't search for another one. I know that there are many others channels but your content, the way it makes us to know you more, that's really beautiful. No matter what your accent is - and it's cute imo, I'll always follow you. Thank you for sharing us your story, 👊 Misa-san

[@Bearzukamori]

Thanks for covering so many details, and being so honest! It's hard to get this sort of information out of my professor.

[@laraamparo8323]

It's really nice to watch your vedeo, because it was like you just talk to us while you're teaching us 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@malokeytheallaround]

This actually really helps. My comprehension is absolute crap, because if I hear something slightly off, I’ll go nuts wondering why and forget everything else that was said. So hearing something like 何をしてんねん would confuse the crap out of me. Thank you for what you do! ❤️

[@amsprich]

I know exactly what you mean. It's like understanding the first 80% of a sentence then running into an unfamiliar glob of hiragana characters at the end. To me as a learner, since I don't know what they do, it's hard to get past. They're also often really hard to look up too.

[@malokeytheallaround]

That’s why I love Jisho Dictionary. They literally have everything.

[@jaquaviuspeterson8785]

@@malokeytheallaround I use Jisho to whenever I don’t know a word I always use Jisho to look it up.

[@autumneagle]

I saw a video once where Sana of the Korean group Twice was speaking (she's Japanese) they mentioned she had a Kansai Dialect and I didn't understand. This has helped me understand the difference thank you

[@alesanakathleen9006]

I recently got into watching Downtown Gaki no Tsukai and happened to stumbled to this video. i DEFINITELY heared these phrases from that show something like “あかん” or “何でやねん⁉︎” and “ほんまに” www i’m glad to know what type of dialect they were speaking thankyou for making this video Misa-san !

[@mailman1021]

I'm the southern American you were referring to lol. In Texas we say y'all all the time because it just makes sense. you+all = y'all (many people or group of people). I didn't realize the difference in aho and baka either. probably why when I asked by northern Japanese friend about it, they were confused and didn't know what I was talking about lol

[@shichiro76sv]

You are so brave, Sensei. I really appreciate you and your work. Take care of yourself and I thank you every day for all I have learned thanks to you ❤️ Such a good teacher and woman.

[@stclr123]

Yay!!! You finally made it, cheers from Kansai!! 💖💖💗💖💖

[@1wingedauron]

Lovely lesson, I've heard people loving the Kansai accent but never had a frame of reference to what it sounds like. Thank you for teaching it! Sorry to hear about your father, you deserve the best. In Finnish we have regional accents sometimes with their own vocabulary. So I may not sometimes even know what people are talking about. But the most common ones are the words for "me" and "you". In standard Finnish it's "minä" and "sinä", the common casual and informal way is "mä" and "sä" but some accents use it as "mie" or "sie"

[@Sonicstillpoint83]

Right on! 👍🏻 Accents are lovely and give regional differences a very nice distinct and recognizable flavor. Thank you for the great and informative video.

[@GuildmasterWigglytuff]

Late to the party, but I was visiting some family in rural Belarus a while back who spoke in a dialect of Russian called (not very politely) "trasianka". Some of the most notable differences to standard Russian were that [je] sounds were often changed to [jo], [v] and [l] changed to [ʊ], and [g] changed to [h]. What was interesting about this last one is that it even happened in words where, in standard Russian, [g] had changed to [v]. It was honestly lots of fun to try and figure out what the differences were and under what circumstances they happened.

[@るう-j1b]

my favourite kansai dialect is from southern kansai! not sure where it's considered to be from, but my close friend is from wakayama and she always says stuff like できやん (instead of へん) and i find it so cute!

[@Indoor_Carrot]

One of my friends on Hello Talk is from Kansai region. Also, I hope you have sorted out your living situation 🙂

[@abobakrisam7322]

やったー✨😍✨ 関西弁の動画😍😍😍😍💖 みさ先生、本当にありがとうございます。 お疲れ様でーす。

[@milesedgeworth3010]

Whenever I hear Osaka-ben, I always think of Kero from Cardcaptor Sakura.

[@bristlebum2422]

What you said about how Aho is used reminds me of how some people on the southern USA will say "bless your heart" to softly call you an idiot as well

[@MrMikeInverse]

Yaaay, I was actually thinking about it the other day. Thank you 😁💭

[@johnthedonplays6576]

We all love you Misa. You dont have to share but we appreciate your bravery for sharing your personal experience.

[@tankeryy1566]

kansai-ben is the best! gonna learn that dialect!

[@Boostingfc84]

Thank you for making so many useful videos Misa Sensei.

[@sefirot57]

My recomendation to learn Kansai-ben watching anime is: *Cardcaptor Sakura,* Kero-chan has a lovely acent. And if you are more of playing videogames, my recomendation is: *Yakuza 0,* you will fall in love with Majima Goro's acent in the first 5-10 mins of chapter 3.

[@alexv3357]

Cardcaptor Sakura is actually really good for beginners learning Japanese through immersion. The dialogue isn't lightning-fast, and it's available on Netflix with Japanese subtitles

[@aaronwilson8632]

Could you talk a bit about the 四国 dialects, specifically 土佐弁? Of all the Japanese dialects it's definitely the most interesting (due to its prevalence in 時代劇).

[@redelllastimosa4997]

have you watched ghibli film Ocean Waves?

[@khsuki1]

Lovely Complex is great, the accents make it that much more fun to watch.

[@dmand2353]

In Australia we call a "Service station" a "Servo" and a bottle shop a "Bottlo" for some reason we like putting "o" on the end of things even if it doesn't make it shorter like the name "Steve" often becomes "Stevo".

[@FF2Guy]

Of all the Japanese accents I find Osaka-ben to be the most interesting. I heard it a lot from anime and for some reason it is most often used by eccentric characters. Maybe just coincidence. Also, I heard your friend say “se ya na” a lot which I’ve heard so often. w

[@spicymangooo]

Thank you sharing this. I can only imagine the relations effecting your personal view on the dialect.

[@D1ABOLU5]

ミサ先生、こんばんは！ 自分の言語のアクセントとか方言とか言うなら 私はシンガポール人で、シンガポールでは、シングリッシュ (Singlish、片仮名の正しさが良く分からないけど) というクレオール (Creole) をよく使われています。 シングリッシュは、ほとんど英語ですが、中国語の文法と単語の順番で文を構造します。例えば、英語の "I have already eaten" は "I eat already" になります。中国語で、「私はもう食べた」は "我吃了" って言いますので、シングリッシュの文はあの中国語の "我 (I) 吃 (eat/ate) 了 (a particle used in this context to denote "already")" の直訳です 私、まだ日本語の勉強中ですので、ミスがあったらすみません！

[@jeff-8511]

I’m from Austria. Here we speak “ Austrian German “. It’s different from the “ Germany German“. German has many different dialects which can be very difficult for German learners.

[@Wubbazt]

yeah, as someone who speaks pretty much standard german (albeit with a few influences from plattdeutsch), i can somehow understand dutch better than austrian german :'D

[@Afferodolor]

Do you also say stuff like 'g'day Freund'?

[@jeff-8511]

@@Afferodolor g day? That’s not German?!

[@jeff-8511]

@@Wubbazt really?! Well, Dutch sounds like a weird mix of German and English 😂

[@nicoledoll2772]

@@Wubbazt Hier mein Beitrag für Japanisch lernende Österreicher in der FB-Gruppe "Japanisch lernen": ... Marille: 杏「あんず」 Paradeiser: トマト Powidl: 梅「うめ」 taschierte Laberl: フリカデル ... Powidl (Pflaumenmus) heißt in meiner Heimat - dem Hunsrück - übrigens Leckschmier.

[@ncochran01]

I always find it interesting that many Japanese speakers speak English with a British accent. I like it.

[@carlestrada]

It's kinda the same from where I grew up, which is in the Philippines. My parents weren't from the same region (Pangasinan for dad, and Pampanga for mom), so even though there is the universally used language called Tagalog (which is like the standard Japanese/Kanto version of the Philippines) as a means to communicate normally, my dad's side of the family used a different dialect than my mom's side of the family which is a completely different ball game. Now I wasn't a hybrid knowing both unlike you are that can understand what they're saying, but as a kid I was just like "Wow I don't understand a thing." so here I am with a little bit of knowledge on both dialects from my parents plus English, and the usual Tagalog 😂 Accents are interesting but I don't understand enough of the dialects that my parents spoke, so I have no experience there. Also, the other islands are just built differently so respect to them for their dialects as well.

[@selitskiy]

みさせんせい, your voice is so sweet when you speak Japanese. When speaking English, you sound more decisive, even a bit harsh, like a military commander みさしれい :)

[@drewesalahor4857]

Thank you so much for speaking about your experience; it is so incredibly brave. The fact that you have so much trauma from Kansai people and yet speak about this is amazing. I lived in Osaka for 3 years but worked around Japan. I have family in Nara and where I learn a lot of my Japanese.

[@philipdavis7521]

Last month I brought a friend from Osaka and one from Tokyo (they work here) to the west of Ireland. I had a lot of fun trying to explain the various west of Ireland dialects, they'd only just got used to Dublin. Its fun listening to how different Osaka-ben can sound, even with my weak Japanese.

[@ihatevnecks7015]

I always love seeing MIsa's 5E books in the background

[@helenachester5992]

18:13 I LOVE this anime so much, I even bought the manga in Japanese so I could use it to help me learn. This whole video I kept thinking "hey I know that, they say it in Lovely Complex all the time!"

[@Infinicat]

I was quite pleased to learn that I knew at least one of these dialectic words from modding Skyrim. There is a texture pack that overhauls female characters and makes them look like cute anime style and that texture set is known as Bijin. Pretty neat to see that the person who did that mod knew that :D

[@seroma3516]

Thx for yet another great video

[@SpawnedInTheHades]

I'm from California. We say "dude" a lot. It's not just used as a synonym for "guy", it's also used as an exclamation of surprise or exasperation. California is a big state though, it's actually slightly larger than Japan, so the slang, the accents, and the dialects vary a lot between different areas.

[@elimalinsky7069]

I thought that California is surprisingly uniform in accent and dialect, with most distinctions attributed to ethnic rather than regional differences. I don't think that a few uniquely used words here and there is what makes a dialect, you need a larger chunk of your vocabulary replaced for that. I've been to California and never heard any difference between LA and SF, for example, but then maybe I should have went outside the big metropolis areas to get a grasp of how people speak in less densely populated regions.

[@wfcoaker1398]

I speak a small and mostly unknown dialect of English. Our pronunciation and grammar are very distinct. It's interesting learning about the dialects of other languages and how those dialects are seen by other speakers of the language.

[@ritbit1020]

Really? How's it different, I didn't even know English had different dialects

[@wfcoaker1398]

@@ritbit1020 We have different pronunciations: "th" sounds are pronounced 't' pr 'd', for example 'h' is very weak, l9ng voweps havent shifted completely, so long "e" is "ay", like "sea" siunds a bit like "say", for example, among many others. We have different lexical items. "Beach" is "landwash", for example. There's even a dictionary of Newfoubdland English. Our grammar is different. We use -s fot all persons and numbers of the present tense "I goes, you goes, etc." We have a verbal aspect standard doesn't. "I bees doin' " doesnt means the same as "I am doin' ". The first is habitual "Every time I look out the window, he bees running around." Our strong verbs are different. I can say, perfectly grammatically in my dialect, "he growed", because "grow" and "know" are weak verbs in our dialect. That's just a few points. There's lots more.

[@siekensou77]

kansai is just the famous one. theres so many interesting dialects in japan.

[@Vandebirt]

When I started to learn Japanese years ago I noticed that in this Anime called “Lovely Complex” or ラブ★コン they spoke a little different. Back then I couldn’t make out why, even though it was understandable yet it was different. Later on I realized that they were speaking Kansaiben. That’s what this dialect reminds of.

[@DarkFoxV]

3:00 I had a similar (albeit different) experience with Spanish 😅😅 it took a long time to get over it. 頑張って、ミサ美人さん!

[@jaquaviuspeterson8785]

みさ先生この動画を作りありがとう方言は本当に大好きです僕はウチナーグチ大好きそしてちょっとウチナーグチを話せます例えばハイサイといっぺーニフェーデービル。九州と東北の方言すごく面白いと思います標準語と九州と東北の方言はめちゃくちゃ違うと思います例えば鹿児島弁ーてそい標準語ーめんどくさいそして沢山の九州方言にばってんよく言うそして東北方言もう面白い例えば津軽弁は外国語みたいと思います。I really love Japanese dialects the differences between standard and dialects is really interesting. I am sorry about your dad I hope you are okay now and I hope your mental health is good. Btw sorry I wrote a super long comment.

[@sompathak2943]

I m going to be studying in osaka university from next month so this will be helpful 😁

[@isaiahdray]

Thank you for educating me! You are so brave ✨

[@person8325]

Another great video!

[@techstuff7414]

My girlfriend is originally from Osaka so this was very informative/useful for me. She thought it was hilarious when I started using some of these phrases when talking to her.

[@vNilleframboise]

This was so helpful thank you

[@maquinadotempo9278]

ちゃう has the same pronunciation as in Portuguese "tchau" and it means bye

[@tambettammisto7423]

Also itialian ciao kind of

[@marcelocastro6992]

But ciao is " hi" right?

[@MeowNap]

@@marcelocastro6992 hi and bye

[@ShiyarokuBasil]

In my language/dialect "Tschau" (sometimes also written as "ciao") also means "bye" and is also pronounced ちゃう.

[@MaeroDesign]

Love your videos miss seeing you on patreon!

[@words10cubed]

I want to speak Misa-ben! Funny how your Kansai friend said he'd never say "chou kawaii" but rather "meccha kawaii" ... I guess Superman is "Meccha Jin" in Kansai then?? LOL 😁 ... Lovely video as always, not depressing at all! BTW, the Bokksu snacks are making me want coffee now! 又今度✋😊👍

[@khsuki1]

Only women are bijin, good looking guys are ikemen.

[@ehaka007]

I wait with interest for the tutorial on akita-ben :)

[@DamnedVik]

My teachers at a language school in Osaka usually try to speak to students in a standard Japanese, but when the classes end they always say さようなら, and now I'm not sure if it's because most students probably already know that word when they enroll, or if it's their 大阪弁 slipping through 🤔

[@howwemadeitinjapan7104]

I'm sorry to hear about your experience with Kansai and love that you're able to think objectively about the situation now. As a foreignor living in Japan, I have been so intrigued with kansai-ben. I always have such great interactions when I go to the kansai area. Random people talk to me, whereas Tokyo (although I love it here), I can go full days without talking to anyone. 🙄Great video!

[@akanosuke]

英語が綺麗で、日本人の私でも分かりやすかったです！ ちなみに、「人がいる」の「いる」ですが、関西弁では「[お]る」、関東方言では「い[る]」ですが、愛知県（というか、三河弁？）では、関西弁の「[お]る」のアクセントで「[い]る」と言います！ 関東に来てから、愛知出身の私が「いる」と言うと、よく「炒る」の方の意味に間違えられます😅

[@nicoarmin8997]

Imo Kyoto is its own thing in Kansai, and yeah, people are generally not kind. There are exceptions, but they live up to the notoriety.

[@justinfufun5483]

Huge fan of the amazing unique KT 京都橘高校 SHS 魔鎮護バンド. They were the whole reason I started to learn Japanese as I could not understand what Tanaka Sensei was saying. So its a bit of a shock to discover I still wont understand. I can detect locally, Bray, Dalkey, Killiney, Glenageary, Dun Laoghaire, Foxrock accents and generally what school a person went to. Even what religion they are from their speech. My accent would be described as west Brit by the Irish. ( I am Irish and English is my first language) Most brits would think I sound American. Most Americans think I am German. The French have no idea but its really important to let them know you are not British because that changes their attitude immediatly for the better. I was in the west of Ireland one time and had to have a German tourist translate what the local person was saying in English. He had no problem understanding and he was my passenger first time there. PS you look like the girl beside you in Lovely * Complex.

[@KamiSeiTo]

My wife is from 愛媛県 and their dialect is quite close to Kansai ben. They use おる instead of いる and therefore ～とる instead of ～てる。 They also sometimes end verbs in ～よる I think? But I don't really remember how it works. Ah, and they end lots of sentences in けん！ It means から (or だから？) but also basically anything, so when they talk it's けんけんけんけんけんけん wwwwww ^^' The first time I met my wife, she was with 2 other Japanese, one named Ken. And my wife and the other girl were both from this area, so they spoke together, my Japanese was not very good at that time and I heard them say けん a lot, so I thought they were talking about the other Japanese guy!!! XD

[@StefanoV827]

Me, italian, ending conversations with "ciao ciao ciao" as for greeting (like goodbye see you again) 😂 And 知らんけど to avoid blame is similar to our "ma che ne so" (ma = but = けど, non sapere = don't know = 知らん... non lo so = 知らない, ma che ne so = 知らんけど = I don't know don't blame me leave me alone now) 😂

[@vulpinedeity3379]

My accent is a mix of several. I pick up accents easily, and never lose them, so I've assimilated bits and pieces of several different British and American accents. There's also bits of Irish, Scottish, and Eastern European accents in there. Mostly I sound posh with some mid west American tones, and a few Yorkist-sounding vowel shapes.

[@NATA5II]

Cringe.

[@hemakanyal2000]

Can you please make a similar video on Yankee/ delinquent dialect please please please..... Anyway great video as always 😉

[@gabo_rRi]

I love the video. Kansai dialect sounds so amiable 😂. A comment about my language and my country. There a lot of countries that speak Spanish and I would say that none of them, and none of them speak purely the 'neutral spanish' that is taught in schools. One thing in particular that my country (Argentina 🇦🇷) has is that we use a different word for 'you' that makes all the conjugations change and that always makes foreign people confuse.

[@zahrazakiah482]

In Malaysia also have many dialect such as the very famous dialect Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Sabah, Sarawak and many more.The sound of pronunciation is totally different from standard daily speaking

[@thalescarl1589]

Saying "ciao" to begin a conversation. Italians: let me introduce myself.

[@sovereignorderofmeterionso5614]

Congratulations to the new Meterions residing in the area of Japan. Best of everything to everyone.

[@gramtokersdoinkula6961]

I'm late to the party but I'm from the US in California closer to San Francisco and we say "like", "hella", and "dude" a lot. I also sound a bit strange when saying words like adobe (pronounced like ah-dough-bee). When I say it it sounds halfway between the correct pronunciation and ah doo bee. Lots of different accents all over. It's been fun to read and hear about some of them

[@n20games52]

The various dialects are always fun and interesting to discover. We have some various dialects in the US but not as distinct as those in Japan it seems.

[@dai4358]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO

[@jssmedialangs]

1:14 😀😀 私は南方に住んでいます。ミサ先生が言った事を聞いて嬉しい～！ありがとうございます！😄 We southerns don't usually get compliments on our accents. At least I never have 🙃 I'm a Texas girl, by the way. 😆

[@nathanmiller1]

Others have mentioned Kero from Cardcaptor Sakura having an Osaka dialect, but in addition, he also adds や (ya) to the end of some words. I don't know if this is a normal Osaka dialect thing or a character trait.