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Ghetto Grammar Word Evolution - How to say - WAZZUP DOG? - in Japanese

 

Shitokan to Akan Yo! Colloquial Japanese.
Article #117 Ghetto grammar Supplement - Learning how to say wazzup dog? and other phrases in Japanese By Makurasuki Sensei, Brett McCluskey
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My lenses here at Squidoo entitled Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar or JPPGG for short cannot be held liable for the level of politeness you choose to speak. Please use cautiously as results may vary. These lessons are for reference only. Any improper real use of the grammar principles presented here become the sole responsibility of the locutor. Speaking in base language or using these grammar principles could prove hazardous to your linguistical well being. Persons who are acquainted with what is known as plain form Japanese will should also know that one's mouth is stronger than a two edged sword. It is advisable to always bridle one's tongue in order that you may know what comes out and make sure that nothing bad comes in. I haved angered many a Japanese person through the use of plain form in my speaking. Avoid the plain form. Always use the polite form and proper endings for verbs, to keep the respect and dignity level high. Good luck! Japanese. It is not recommended that any beginner of Japanese use anything less than the most polite level of language possible.

This lense will show how to use the auxilliary form must verb in colloquial Japanese and discuss some of its evolution.  

 1. must verb - verb (BaseI) nakute wa narimasen,

ex. 1.  I must eat. - Watakushi wa tabenakute wa narimasen.

2. must verb - verb (BaseI) nakereba narimasen  

ex. 2. He must go. - Kare wa ikanakereba narimasen

3. must verb - verb (BaseI) nakucha naranai (an abbreviated version of #1 above)  

ex. 3. We must return. (go home) - Kaeranakucha naranai.

4. must verb - verb (BaseI) nakya naran* (naran = ikenai, ikan, akan)

*The auxilliary verb, must, in Japanese, is the verb to become, or naru. Naru can be exchanged with two other verbs ikeru and/or iku  and still achieves the same effect. in all instances where naru is used. Just remember that by shortening the plain form of the verb naru into its naran or ikan form you make it even more vulgar. This form of language, which is even lower than the lowest politeness level allowed in Japanese should not be used by any gaijin at anytime. It is shown here as reference only.

 The Japanese grammar for, subject must verb is usually taught in 2-3 different ways. They are all based upon the negative conditional form of the auxilliary verb must and is put in Japanese thus : verb (BaseI) nakereba (negative conditional)   narimasen (from naru -to become). Since you can replace naru with ikeru or iku in its vulgar varieties, you have many ways of saying the same thing. They all come out meaning must, the equivalent auxilliary in English.

If ~ verb then it is no good.

(It will not go good, or sit well with someone etc). (~-not)

Ex. 1. If you do not drink your medicine, it is not going to be good for you.

Kusuri o nomanakereba narimasen.

A literal translation might be - If you do not drink your medicine that not very becoming is. It will never do if you do not take your medicine.

In more modern American English - Take your frikkin medicine dog! You have to take your medicine. You must take you medicine.

Ex. 2. We must go! We have to go!

 

Ikanakya ikenai!                                                    

A literal translation might be - If we do not go, it will not go well.

A literal translation might be - In more modern American English it becomes - We had better get the hell out of here! We had better go! We best get!

Shitokan to akan yo!

Ex. 3. You have got to get it done. You must do it. You are going to have to do it. You better do it now or regret not doing it later!

Now the last phrase comes from Hakata way of speaking, Tenjin, Ropponmatsu, It comes straight from my favorite part of Japan the Hakata area in Fukuoka. This dialect can be heard all over in the prefecture of Fukuoka, Japan. Lets call it Hakata Ben, or Hakata speak. The further one travels from the source, or tenjin,  the more varied the dialect digresses. This is nama Nihongo (raw Japanese). A Genuine Draft  of the Japanese language if you will. Native as native can get concerning spoken Japanese. Of course there are probably few Japanese Native speakers who actually sit down and study their own dialects as much as foreign linguists will. So what you are about to read is exclusive to Squidoo and this lens. If you catch on to the presented ghetto grammar principle it will help you surpass your scholarly studies and you will start delving into the world of Japanese language acquistion Click Here!. Nowhere else on the web can you get such modern observations of the Japanese language. It comes straight from the best teachers of Japanese -  the Japanese themselves. This dialect never before seen in textbook form appears to you now. Study this and be leagues ahead of you peers in Japanese language skills. These expressions even give a glimpse at what life is like in Hakata and Tenjin Fukuoka.

Nowhere else on the web can you get such modern observations of the Japanese language. It comes straight from the best teachers of Japanese -  the Japanese themselves. This dialect never before seen in textbook form appears to you now. Study this and be leagues ahead of you peers in Japanese language skills. These expressions even give a glimpse at what life is like in Hakata and Tenjin Fukuoka.

Hakata Ben in its purest and highest form could be considered or has the potential to be vulgar. On the same token Hakata ben has the immense possibilites of being used as suped up honorifics. I mean I thougt I heard the most polite way to say a phrase until you throw a little spice of hakata ben on the top. Its like the warsh of Washington in Texas or the aboot of about for Canadians. Our focus here is on one phrase, Shitokan to akan to!. It means We better f'in do it now so that we won't regret not doing it later homie! Shitokan to akan to also gives us the added grammar bonus of verb (BaseTE) oku, meaning to do a verb now to save for later(lesson #90) 

If we go backwards from most polite must form of conditional negative verb we start with

Ikimasen - ikanai - ikan -akan- or iken depending on how much the speaker feels that the task is accomplishable.

Verb in base I nakute wa narimasen. Which is also understood in more plain form, less formal form would say Verb base1 nakute wa naranai, ikanai, or simplified even further by saying naran or ikan.

2. Verb nakereba narimasen. in negative conditional (ex. ikanakereba narimasen.

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Ghetto After Blast or G.A.B. - Wazzup dawg could be expressed in Japanese by the expression osu (silent u oh siblient s) which is normally the greetings found upon entering a dojo. Females might simply ask if you are,"Genki"? Sometimes younger guys may say to each other,"Genki Kai?" or if used

 



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