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関西弁 Lesson 1: 7/21

なかった ⇒ へんかった

Not, Will not, Did not, Has not

関西弁

Structure

Verb［ない］ + へん
Verb［なかった］ + へんかった

Details

    About ない ⇒ へん

    Replacing ない, the auxiliary verb in standard Japanese that negates verbs, is へん in 関西弁(かんさいべん). へん conjugates in the same way as ない, meaning that it connects to the conjunctive form of verbs. Like ない, へん may simply be translated as 'to not (A)'.
    • これ食(た)べへん。美味(おい)しくない。
      I'm not going to eat this. It doesn't taste good.
    • せっかく海(うみ)に来(き)たのに泳(およ)がへんの？
      Even though we came all the way to the beach, you aren't going to swim?
    One of the primary differences to remember between ない and へん is that へん has an unchanging base, while the い in ない gets removed/changed depending on the conjugation type. This can be seen in the (casual) past negative form of verbs using へん.
    • 欲(ほ)しかったパソコンが売(う)り切(き)れてたから、買(か)えなかった。
      The computer that I wanted was out of stock, so I couldn't buy it.
    • 欲(ほ)しかったパソコンが売(う)り切(き)れてたから、買(か)えへんかった。
      The computer that I wanted was out of stock, so I couldn't buy it.
    Caution
    へん is a replacement for the auxiliary verb ない, not the い-Adjective ない. This means that へん will not be used when negating い-Adjectives. However, へん may appear as a negative form of ある (written as あらへん). ある does not have a (casual) negative form in standard Japanese.
    • うちの犬(いぬ)は太(ふと)ってるけど小(ちい)さいから重(おも)くあらへんで。
      Our dog is fat, but small so he's not heavy.
    • このテスト全然(ぜんぜん)難(むずか)しくあらへんやんか。
      This test was not hard at all.

    Examples

    • 毎日(まいにち)勉強(べんきょう)をしなかった。
      毎日(まいにち)勉強(べんきょう)せえへんかった。

      I didn't study everyday.

    • ここはゴミが多(おお)すぎない？
      ここはゴミが多(おお)すぎへん？

      Don't you think that this place has too much garbage?

    • サッカーをしない？
      サッカーをせえへん？

      You don't play soccer?

    • 遊(あそ)びに行(い)かないよ。
      遊(あそ)びに行(い)かへんで。

      I'm not going to go hang out.

    • これはお兄(にい)ちゃんが買(か)ったピザだから、食(た)べない方(ほう)がいいよ。
      これはお兄(にい)ちゃんが買(か)ったピザやから、食(た)べへん方(ほう)がいいで。

      This is the pizza that older bro got, so it would be best not to eat it.

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