Hi, I'm Daisuke Tokushima, a self-proclaimed Awa dialect instructor.
This time, I will try to translate the dialect of Tokushima prefecture "Awaben" into English.
Tokushima dialect
The aim is to spread the Awa dialect all over the world and finally have people like Justin Bieber and Kanye West mutter.
Justin Bieber can't do it, but Kanye West doesn't think it's impossible.
Because Kanye West came to Tokushima prefecture with an interest in indigo dyeing. That's why I don't think it's an impossible story.
Somniloquy so far, let's get into the main subject (* ´∀ ｀ *)
Well,
don't be shy, repeat after me.
"Make Make Ippai"
As the overflow from the vessel refers to a lot of liquid
Ma-Ke-Ma-Ke-Ippai
￫ So Much That It Overflows
I will proceed like this.
"Ababai"
Dazzling
A-ba-bai
→ dazzling
"aru-de-nai-de"
Will there
Aru-De-Nai-De
￫ It'S There
This is an Awa dialect that represents Tokushima prefecture. I haven't heard much these days.
"Honaken"
So
ho-na-ken
→ So
It's a usage like "Honaken, Yutade" (that's why I said it).
"dochiraika"
You're welcome
do-chi-ra-ika
→ You're Welcome
"Sekoi"
Painful, spicy
Se-ko-i
→ Spicy, painful
"te-acha-iyaaaaa!"
Oh no, I'm
Tee-acha-iyaaa
→ How stupid of me!
"gai-na-na"
(Strong) I'm strong
Ga-i-na-na-a
→ strong-willed
"Dokureru"
Sulk
Doku-Re-Ru
￫ Sulk
"jara-jara-suna"
Don't do anything sloppy
Jara-jara-suru-na
→ Don't do anything stupid
"Goja"
Appropriate playful things
Go-ja
→ Sloppy things
"oge-tta-iu-na"
Don't lie, don't say anything sloppy!
Oge-tta-iu-na
→ Don't say anything sloppy!
"Mata-mon-te-kuru-ken-na"
I'll be back again,
Mata-Mon-te-kuru-ken-na
→ I'll be back
"Mutsukoi"
Nagging
Mu-Tsu-Ko-I
￫ Insistent
For the time being, I wonder if it's like this.
To be honest, when I talk to elementary school children recently, there are many children who speak beautiful standard languages. Even for me, I don't use the crunchy Awa dialect.
However, I felt sad that the Awa dialect disappeared completely, so I wrote this article.
There are various other phrases such as "Who will use it nowadays", so if it has a good reputation, I'll post an article somewhere lol