Kansai dialect in Japanese regional dialects”

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In the Osaka dialect, hearing “～や” all the time actually means ～です, ～だ in standard Japanese. After introducing affirmative sentences, let’s move on to negative ones. The standard way to express negation is “～ではない”, while in Kansai dialect it’s “～とちゃう” or “～やん”. As for verbs, there’s no difference in the affirmative form; however, the ている form needs to be explained separately, and the negative form is different as well. In the standard, “ている” = “とる”, and “～ない” = “～へん”. Examples: 行かない = 行かへん; ～がない = ～があらへん/あれへん. 来ない = 来へん (けへん). しない = せへん. 見ない = 見いひん/みん. Let me introduce a few more sentence patterns that I know. “～こっちゃ”/“～ことや” correspond to “～ことだ” in the standard form. “～ちゅうこっちゃ”/“～ちゅうことや” are equivalent to “～とういうことだ” in the standard form. “～へんとあかん”/“” means “～なければならない” in the standard form. “～でもええ” corresponds to “～てもいい” in the standard form. ““～んでもええ” is equivalent to “～なくてもいい” in the standard form. “しもた” corresponds to “しまった” in the standard form. “あかん” means “だめだ”, and “いけない” also means the same thing”