Japanese/Dialects/Kyushu

These examples are mainly from Hakata-ben (Fukuoka dialect).

ano sa instead of ano ne (hey, listen up...)

asoban instead of asobou (let's play)

batten instead of da kedo (but)

da ken instead of da kedo (but)

yokaroumon instead of deshou (good, don't you think?)

bari instead of totemo (very)

shitoocchan instead of shiterunda (I'm doing it)

~shitookiyo instead of shite kinasai (please do ~; used with children)

tottouto instead of tottimasu (to take)

yokka yokka instead of sou desu ne (yeah; is that so?)

To form affirmative sentences, add ~bai to end of the standard Japanese sentence. Kore wa enpitsu desu. = Kore wa enpitsu bai. (This is a pencil.)

To form interrogative sentences, add ~to to end of the standard Japanese sentence. Sore wa pen desu ka? = Sore wa pen to? (Is that a pen?)

For adjectives only, change the last ~i of the adjective to ~ka when expressing one word. Sore wa minikui. = Sore wa miniku ka. (That's ugly.)

For adjectives in a sentence, add ~ken to end of adjectives. Kyou wa samui desu. = Kyou wa samui ken. (Today is cold.)

Useful words: me = uchi you = aatan no = innya yes = yoka

I like Hakata ben. =Hakata ben suitoh. (in Hakata ben)

Kagoshima ben is difficult. =Kagoshima ben'na mutsukashika. (in old Hakata ben)

I will be right there! =ima kara kukken!

in Japanese with (.au) audio files http://www.fjct.fit.ac.jp/JP/hakataben.html

Dialects of Northern Kyushu (in English)

http://adtimmering.net/en/kyushu/