ているの ⇒ てん

About ているの ⇒ てん

In place of the sentence ending particle の, when paired with the ている verb construction, 関西弁(かんさいべん) uses either てん, or てんねん. てん is simply the removal of いる, and addition of an abbreviated の, ん. てんねん is the former structure, with the addition of ねん, an expression which replaces んだ in standard Japanese. This means that that てん almost directly replaces ているの, while てんねん replaces ているのだ (or です).
Both of these structures appear with the て form of verbs, and conjugate in the same way.

今(いま)何(なに)してん？俺(おれ)今(いま)暇(ひま)やからどっか遊(あそ)びに行(い)かへん？
What are you doing now? I'm bored, so do you want to hang out somewhere?
何(なに)聴(き)いてん？私(わたし)にも聴(き)かせて。
What are you listening to? Can I also listen to it?
おい、外(そと)に行(い)からへんで！雨(あめ)降(ふ)ってんねん。
Hey, you can't go outside. It's raining.
分(わ)からんから聞(き)いてんねん。
I'm asking because I don't know.

Caution

てん and ねん are quite often seen by themselves, and you can learn more about their individual meanings on our てん, ねん grammar point.

Examples

サッカーをしているんだ。
サッカーしてんねん。
I'm playing soccer here.
何(なに)をしているの？
何(なに)してん？
What are you doing?
トムと話(はな)しているんだ。
トムと話(はな)してんねん。
I am talking with Tom.
何(なに)を食(た)べているの？
何(なに)食(た)べてん？
What are you eating?
毎日(まいにち)勉強(べんきょう)をしているんだ。
毎日(まいにち)勉強(べんきょう)してんねん。
I am studying everyday.
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