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Great stuff, Mikko! Am I being a bad influence here?!

Are you familiar with the idiomatic meaning of 'whatever'? If you watch American stuff at all you could hardly avoid it, and it gets used a lot over here. There's the original,dictionary, meaning that you will be familiar with and which is pretty neutral, but the meaning of the word has expanded a lot over recent years to often be used in a rude or confronting way. If someone makes a statement, or even asks a question, that someone doesn't agree with the person might reply 'whatever', in a flat tone. The meaning is basically 'I don't think what you just said deserves a proper reply' and can mean 'what you just said was a load of rubbish' or 'I can't be bothered arguing with you about this matter'. It's rude and dismissive anyway, without actually involving any specific insult. Of course, like most things it all depends on how you say it. If you say it in a lighter tone you just sound agreeable!

Is there some special Kansai relevance to the sum of 3 million yen? I've just heard the phrase 'sanbyaku man en' a couple of times recently!

mata!

 

I must also compliment Mikko on her excellent english. Kudos! I can barely speak Irish as well as you can speak english and i've been studying it for 13 years

I only have a few phrases of japanese, not nearly enough to have a conversation, I get strange looks off of people when I say "baka ne" in the pub (they don't watch anime)

 

Grrrrrrrrr...

Hi all!!

I'm so sad because I can't find my post I posted yesterday! It seems I failed to do that!! OMG!!

 

Hi all! Now I found why I failed to post here. I wrote too much and this site wasn't able to manage it))

Bloodberry, I love LOL) I often find this in the net BTW, do you know what WRS mean? I found this at a penpal site.

Hi Kat! I love your Japanese Do they speak English in your country? I'm really curious if there are any people who aren't from the country where they speak English Like me))

 

Does kudos mean glory?

It's kewl that you know and use baka ne If you are a girl, it's no problem If a man use this, I can say he is a gay for sure. LOL!!
You can say"Aho yana" if you want to say this in Kansai dialect

I love whatever I often hear this in English movies and TV dramas etc. But, I didn't know the latter meaning. What you told to me was exactly what I wanted to know cause I can't find it in my dictionary! It's interesting that the word changes the meaning by voice tones.

 

Yes, sanbyaku man en means 3 million yen. It's a standard Japanese and I don't know the kansai ben for it.

Here is an interesting kansai dialect about money
Imagine you are buying an apple, which costs 300 yen, at a fruit shop in Osaka You bring it to a middle-aged female shop clerk to buy it. Then, she may say"sanbyaku man en desu(3 million yen please). This is a traditional kansai joke. Don't ask her why. People from other areas are often surprized at this cause they don't know this custom. What you should do is just to behave as if you are paying 3 million yen with 3 100-yen coins Osaka people love those who understand thier jokes.

Have a nice vacation everyone! Bai bai!!!

 

Kudos is greek for magical glory or honour bestowed upon one who is deserving. When I use it is just a congratulation, like well done, its not used that often to be honest.

I am not gay by the way , how does using "baka ne" make me gay? (Don't worry you're not the first person to think i am what with the spandex and all)

I will show you some Irish now, Shut up = Dún do bhéil (pronounced "dune duh veil"), thank you = Go raibh míle maith agat (pronounced "guh rev meela mah agut") hello = dia dhuit (deea gwit)

haven't a clue what wrs means

btw Mikko, the primary language laid out by the constitution of the Irish republic states that our primary language is Irish, but english is used by 95% of the country, we have areas called the "Gaeltacht" (literally meaning irish area) where Irish is the language primarily used, unfortunately these areas are in decline

 

Thanks! I love kudos. I've never heard it before or I didn't catch it... It sounds cool)

Baka ni... I think it means for baka or to baka... It sounds strange How did you get that?

Baka ne is used by girl. The last word ne is a point and it's used by girls So if men say baka ne, it's like they are a girl. Or the person could be gay because gay people use girl words here. If you say baka, it's no problem. If you want to say it strongly, say baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaka. Lol. I'm not making fun of you.

Go raibh míle maith agat! It's the first time to learn Ilish Does only Irish understand the phrase? I don't have any Irish friend around here((

Oh, it's so sad that they don't speak Irish there so much and the language is on the decline...

 

Shut up!: Jyakamashi!
Thank you: ookini (pronounced ohkini)
hello: konnichiwa

Ookini!!

 

Subarasii! Kansai-ben no hanasu hito ga iru!
Yoroshuu tanomimanga na!

1nen kan nihongo wo benkyou siteimasita. Saikin ha kansai jin wo sagasiteimasita.

And now I return from my long sojourn...

YATTA! I humbly look forward to receiving instruction!

Ok, I suppose I better introduce myself, I'm UrashimaKeitaro, Mod around these parts. Not for my Japanese skill by any stretch of the imagination. I've been studying for a whole year now, but I've been slacking recently, for my job in the wilderness left me without japanese companionship to practice with... So please forgive my lack of skill!

-UK
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starts looking like a sponge... I'm ready Sensei!

 

OK, i will leave out the "ne" from now on

I'm afraid only Irish people understand Irish, but the Irish diaspora(emigrant descendants) are in virtually every english speaking country in the world, they may understand it but I doubt it , ookini for the phrases, i think i have heard "arigato" used for thank you before, does it also mean thanks?

And yes gay people talk like girls here too

 

Ookini, Mikko-chan! (If I may)

As for Megatokyo I love it! I've been following it for at least 2 years now!

I think alot of M2A members know about it already, but I'm aways glad when somebody mentions that beautiful site!

 

I visited Megatokyo! It's a very cool site, isn't it? It's sad the site is a bit heavy and I can't go there easily... Anyways, the t-shirts are awesome!!! But, why do their names contain so many numbers?

Dia dhuit !!I will use some Irish words you taught me in this forum)) I hope I can meet Irish people soon

Oh, I forgot explaining an important thing. Ookini and Jyakamashi are Kansai dialects, which means they are not standard Japanese. Arigato means ookini I don't have to explain konnichiwa cause everyone knows it

Konnichiwa Urashima Keitaro! Great! Your Japanese is perfect)) I was moved I can help you to learn Kansai ben here. I'll post some nice'n'cool Kansai ben again soon!!!

Meccha genki Mikko

 

iya iya! kanpeki jya nai! Thank you for the compliment, but I am undeserving of such praise. I'm really looking forward to learning Kansai-ben! I wanna talk *COOL* Japanese! 8-]

-UK

 

I am fluent in l33t 5p34k

1337 comes from the word elite

some letters are replaced with numbers, words are spelt in an extreme phonetic fashion, pronunciations are also corrupted.

ph33r m3h ub4r l33+ 5K!11Z - fear my uber leet skills

 

Thank you all!!

1337 thing is very cool for me))) I'm very happy to know such a underworld stuff. I wasn't able to find any site which explains 1337, so people here will be my teacher)))

Tubby bastard is debu in Japanese. It's very popular word

jimi spandex... I can't understand the last sentence....

I'll tell you nice kansai ben

Akantare: chicken/coward
I don't like to be called like this. Lol!!

Erai koccha: when you hear or see something very serious, you'll use this.
ex A girl:I've heard your daughter were kidnapped.
A boy: Erai koccha!!!

Happy chatting!!!

Meccha genki Mikko