Culture and slang · Lesson 17

Kansai: 「ほんま」「あかん」「おおきに」「〜へん」

ほんま？　ほな、一緒いっしょに行いこか。

Kansai words 「ほんま」「あかん」「おおきに」, endings 「〜や」「〜ねん」, negative 「〜へん」: follow Kansai on TV and from friends; know it varies by place.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: a café in Osaka
  2. 02Words you often hear: 「ほんま」「あかん」「おおきに」
  3. 03Endings and the negative: 「〜や」「〜ねん」「〜へん」
  4. 04It varies across Kansai
  5. 05Easy misunderstandings

Practice

  • Match the Kansai words to their meanings
  • What does this Kansai sentence mean?
  • How do you say it in standard Japanese?
  • True or false?
  • Choose the Kansai word for each blank
  • Put the dialogue in order

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