lllllllllllllllllllllllll Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 So yeah, would you take the extra mile and try learning the Kansai dialect once you already reached the conversational level of Hyojungo? I mean, might as well try it while we are at it, right? (>_<) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miya Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I've actually tried to learn Kansai-ben a little while I was learning 'standard' dialect. I gave up after about 2 weeks though because I was starting to mix them up. I might go back to it once I master the standard dialect. I'm interested in different dialects so even if I don't learn to speak it, I'd still like to study them and find the differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13vinylinfants Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Learning a new dialect isn't half as difficult as you'd think. I picked up Hakata-ben (Fukuoka dialect) in just a few weeks while studying in Fukuoka. The essentials of the language are all the same, and only casual speech changes. Now, Kansai-ben is probably more difficult because the pronunciation and intonation are more different from hyoujungo than hakata-ben is. But if you're going to be spending time in the Kansai region, I'd say you should absolutely give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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