ここかそこだ。 ここかそこや。

これはあなたの本（ほん）だ。 これはあなたの本（ほん）や。

ここがいいだろう？ ここがいいやろう？

私（わたし）は9時（じ）にバナナを食（た）べるんだ。 私（わたし）は9時（じ）にバナナを食（た）べるんや。

いいえ、結構（けっこう）だ。 いいえ、結構（けっこう）や。

この中（なか）で一番（いちばん）好（す）きな 食（た）べ物（もの）は何（なん）だ？ この中（なか）で一番（いちばん）好（す）きな 食（た）べ物（もの）は何（なん）や？

今日（きょう）はいい天気（てんき）だ。 今日（きょう）はいい天気（てんき）や。

明日（あした）はテストだけど、勉強（べんきょう）をせずに寝（ね）るんだ。 明日（あした）はテストやけど、勉強（べんきょう）をせずに寝（ね）るんや。

<div class='writeup-body'>One of the most basic changes that takes place in 関西弁（かんさいべん） is that of the auxiliary verb だ. だ is replaced directly byや, with や keeping exactly the same meaning (asserting that something is true). As や is a replacement for だ, it will follow all of the same conjugation rules. This means that it will mostly be seen after な-Adjectives, or nouns. It should not be attached to verbs or い-Adjectives, unless as part of a set expression.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>あんたの事（こと）が好（す）きや。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I like you.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>やっぱりあの人（ひと）は綺麗（きれい）や。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Afterall, that person is beautiful. (Whenever I see that person, I am reminded of their beauty)</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>あ、黒猫（くろねこ）や！</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Look, it's a black cat!</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>私（わたし）が好（す）きなパンはこれや。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>This is the bread that I like.</div></li></ul>や will regularly be seen in many of the same conjugation patterns as だ, meaning that it conjugates in the same way. A few examples of this are やろ（だろ）, やったら（だったら）, and やけど（だけど）.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>この靴（くつ）可愛（かわい）いやろ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Don't you think these shoes are cute?</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>明日（あした）やったら行（い）けるよ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>If it's tomorrow, I can go.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>本当（ほんとう）は仕事（しごと）休（やす）みたいんやけど 、人手（ひとで）が足（た）りないから全然（ぜんぜん）休（やす）めない。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>To be honest, I want a day off, but since we are shorthanded, I can't.</div></li></ul><div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>As with standard Japanese, particles are regularly dropped in 関西弁（かんさいべん）. This means that many sentences may appear almost exactly the same as they would in standard Japanese, purely due to omission of the particles that would be different.</div></div>

Grammar Info

だ ⇒ や

To be, Am, Are, Is