Kansai-ben

[lonna_senpai]

I heard that there are a lot of teachig jobs in Osaka. So I was wondering if there were any good books to learn Kansai-ben or any good sites. I know get away with standard Japanese but I want to learn some slang! Arigato

[grey]

This is the most comprehensive book on Kansai-benI know of, and have used it myself :

http://www.amazon.com/Colloquial-Kansai ... 0804837236

Also, listen to some of the podcasts from this site; it's made by Alex Brooke, a British guy who's lived in Osaka for about 10 years, and he introduces quite a bit of Kansai-ben in his lessons, which are very informal and sometimes even a bit chaotic (but always fun!) :

http://learnjapanesepod.com/index/

[Elfunko]

Kansaiben isnt so complicated as to need a book I think. Nothin a google search couldnt handle. But if your that amped go for it.

[lonna_senpai]

I also just found a anime in Osaka- ben!!! It's a really cute series, it's a girl anime. The name is Lovely Complex. You can find it at Animesuki.com. I found it while I was looking for Osaka-ben on Youtube.com! <3 Enjoy!!!

[Elfunko]

Roflmao. Oosakaben

何してんの君？！
別に。
俺のジュースを飲んでるみたいよ！
飲んでへんよ！飲んでみたかったけどさ、もうなくなった　（ここは「へんなった」になるかわかんない）
だってもう飲んじゃったやねん
僕の前中に何もへんかったや
なんでやねん！
ほんまに！
じゃ、誰が飲んだか？
しらへんって！
なんやそんな態度？！やるか？！

From there it gets progressively worse. But basically thats Osaka-ben aside from a few other specifics and special vocabulary words, which you will learn as you live here or date someone from Osaka (as long as you try to speak Osaka-ben).

Its like trying to learn gangster slang from a book. Just go down to the hood yo! Lemme know when you get here.

[Elfunko]

忘れてた
忘れたらあかん！

ちゃうちゃう　ー　違う
ちゃりんこ・ちゃり　ー　自転車

[Elfunko]

Actually, talkin to my girly my osaka-ben is really really toned down compared to hers. Think like east la thick dialect homie. But its a start.

[Ha_chan]

Awww...shoot. I forgot about the Kansai-ben. I'm going to be a student in Osaka next April...
I figure I'm going to come across it, but ...I dunno if I should derive from the language accent I'm learning right now....

Kya! Is it really as bad as my Tokyo friends say ???

[Elfunko]

LOL. Bad? I get sh1t when I travel Japan and speak Kansaiben, it comes with the territory, but inside Kansai if you don't speak it I think you'll sound like a girl. Na, lower than that, the girls will sound more manly than a guy speaking kantoben, that is unless you got slang kantoben down (daze, dazo, etc). Come across it? Roflmao, what an understatement.

[Ha_chan]

Yeah, I figured. I just had high hopes that I wouldn't have to add to my study load. Darn...
I guess I'll get to learning some... >.<
I going to be with a whole bunch of people in a private highschool of some sort and I really think understand them is kinda crucial... and I have a sickening feeling I'm not going to...

Bleh. Well, thanks for the warning.

[Elfunko]

Osaka-ben is practically the same as kanto-ben with just a few things changed (aside from actually different terms). A lot harder than osaka-ben is gonna be the slang kids use. First things first though, learn japanese, learn to speak informally, and the rest will just fall into place.

[Ulver_684]

I also just found a anime in Osaka- ben!!! It's a really cute series, it's a girl anime. The name is Lovely Complex. You can find it at Animesuki.com. I found it while I was looking for Osaka-ben on Youtube.com! <3 Enjoy!!!

lonna_senpai-san!

That anime since very interesting, can you give me the link to see the video, thanks!

PS: I try and search it but I couldn't find it, alot of anime come out that I didn't knew they existed.

[Ha_chan]

Elfunko- Thanks a lot. I still got seven months left to learn that. Wish me luck! XD

Ulver_684- Youtube killed thier links. You can find it at veoh.com or crunchyroll.com...
Its a hilarious anime, one of my favorites! ^^ Good Luck!