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Finished chapter 4. Another character speaking in Tohokuben dialect and this one with an even stronger accent! I read some more around Tohokuben and tried to spot its use in the manga. I made some notes for reference as a new page on the vocab spreadsheet. Please let me know if you spot anything…

I’ve been lurking around this topic and will join the reading. I just caught up with Chapter 4! It’s just that I’ve had way too many competing reading projects :). The whole Chi chi dialect part was difficult… I had covered that with my Japanese teacher and by the time I saw it here other people ha…

I believe そっただ (p. 58) = そんな and こったら (p. 68) = こんな. Couldn’t find a source discussing these variations themselves though, so I am not sure where they are commonly used. ええ instead of いい, so えがっだ = よかった (with some extra voicing). But yeah, this is pretty tiring. Spent a good 10 minutes on Ox-King’…

Page 78 [Screenshot 2020-12-24 at 13.02.36] Is this せんか as in 専科? Or is it some contracted form of する? Page 80 [Screenshot 2020-12-24 at 12.58.41] Is かんな supposed to be かな? I didn’t think that’d make sense, cause wouldn’t she want to convey a sense of certainty? Like “I (definitely) won’t for…

[image] Phryne: Is this せんか as in 専科? Or is it some contracted form of する? Page 78. I read this as しませんか. After you’ve collected the dragon balls why don’t you come and train at my place? [image] Phryne: Is かんな supposed to be かな? Page 80. I must admit I just read this as かな. I went …

Week 9! :christmas_tree: Start date: 26 Dec Pages: 85-104 poll

Fun chapter, a real classic moment in Dragon Ball history! Page 86 - 飛んで火に入る夏の虫 seems to be a recognised Japanese saying/maxim. I saw several suggested English versions of this, the best being: It’s like a moth flying into the flame. Page 104. I didn’t really know what to make of this. I could s…

[image] Micki: Page 104. I didn’t really know what to make of this. I could see the word play on はなく. Is ハナクン a person? I couldn’t figure out the grammar for 話くそう. I haven’t read the chapter yet, but at least this mystery I can solve: ハナクソ, not ハナクン. It means ‘snot’. I found a whole article a…

Interesting article, thanks for finding that. I like how in the original version the pun is spelt out more obviously with the dots next to はなくそ. I still don’t understand how the second half of the sentence breaks down, but happy to accept that it’s a pun I don’t fully get! [image]

[image] Micki: I still don’t understand how the second half of the sentence breaks down, but happy to accept that it’s a pun I don’t fully get! We were overcomplicating it lol. I asked on Hinative and the joke is that it would’ve been 話そう originally, but they added the く to make to the same a…

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Phryne December 25, 2020, 7:08pm 59

Week 9!

Start date: 26 Dec
Pages: 85-104

How is the reading going?

I am reading along
I am catching up
I am dropping this book

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