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Structure
Verb[ます]+ (長音)
Examples:
食べる + (ぇ)
見る + (ぃ)
座る + り(ぃ)
歌う + い(ぃ)
歩く + き(ぃ)
話す + し(ぃ)
打つ + ち(ぃ)
死ぬ + に(ぃ)
飛ぶ + び(ぃ)
休む + み(ぃ)
泳ぐ + ぎ(ぃ)
Exception:
する→せえ
Details
About 命令形 ⇒ ます形 + 長音
The imperative form of verbs in 関西弁 behave a little bit differently to those of standard Japanese. Instead of being a grammatical change, the Kansai imperative form has a sound change (sometimes called a euphonic change). The sound change seen with the imperative form will always be an extension of the previous kana's sound. Let's look at a few examples.
食べろ - In standard Japanese, る often becomes ろ.
食べえ - In Kansai dialect, the ます form sound is simply extended.
買え - In standard Japanese, う becomes え.
買いい - In Kansai dialect, the ます form sound is simply extended.
The elongated sound (長音 in Japanese) will always be an extension of the conjunctive form, also known as the ます form.
食べろ - In standard Japanese, る often becomes ろ.
食べえ - In Kansai dialect, the ます form sound is simply extended.
買え - In standard Japanese, う becomes え.
買いい - In Kansai dialect, the ます form sound is simply extended.
The elongated sound (長音 in Japanese) will always be an extension of the conjunctive form, also known as the ます form.
- その箸使いにくくない?この箸使いぃ。Aren't those chopsticks hard to use? Use these.
- 他の車の邪魔になるから、早く乗りぃ。We are going to block traffic, so hurry up and get in.
Caution
As with many other cases in Japanese, する and くる behave a little bit differently to other verbs. する may be replaced by either しい, or せえ (with the second kana being a sound elongation in both cases). Whether しい or せえ will be used is based primarily on location. くる will become きい (another sound elongation).- 皆、ふざけないで掃除しぃ。Everyone, stop fooling around and clean.
- 遊んでばかりいないで、勉強せぇ。Stop playing all the time, and study!
- 話したい事があるから、こっちにきぃ。Come over here, I have to talk to you about something.
Examples
サッカーをしてみろ。
サッカーをしてみい。Try playing soccer.
imperative
毎日勉強をしろ。
毎日勉強をせえ。Study everyday!
imperative
トムと話をしろ。
トムと話をせえ。Talk to Tom!
imperative
この肉を安くしろ。
この肉を安くせえ。Make this meat cheaper!
imperative
沢山あるから食べろ。
沢山あるから食べえ。There is a lot, so eat!
imperative
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