MAIDO everyone!
My name is Cathy Cat and with me I habhabhabhab
Yeah just like that, but let's do it one more time.
Ready go...
MAIDO everyone, this is Cathy Cat!
Today we start our very first OSAKA dialect lesson!
That's why we have someone here who knows the dialect best,
he is our Osaka dialect champion. - I am the Champion!
Introduce yourself.
I edit and film for the Kawaii Pateen channel
I go by the name HAYAPPE.
Hayappe where are you from?
I am born, breed and raised in Osaka! A real Osaka boy.
Yes Osaka! That makes you Osaka champion.
Sure.
Many of our viewers commented that they have a big interest in Japanese dialects.
The Osaka dialect is also quite popular across Japan.
If you only speak a little Osaka dialect,
people will be like "Wow why does a foreigner know that?!"
So it's pretty handy to know some.
Cathy do you know some Osaka Kansai dialect?
Yeah I know things like Nandeyanen.
There is another one just as famous, you see it on TV and I'll introduce it here too
Word number one is MAIDO
- Maido, maido, MAIDOOOO - The first word we said at the start of this video.
You say that a lot.
When to use it?
Maid you use it generally....
- *tries different maido emotions*
you use it generally not like that....
You don't use it that casual.
But the actual meaning is...
It's more like a greeting. Like saying hi.
- Hayappe MAIDO! - MAIDO!
So you can say it without the name? Just Maido.
- Okini - Okini???
You use Okini as a connecting word to Maido a lot.
Maido plus Okini?
They come often as set.
Can you say that to shop owners?
Well actually the shop owners themselves will use MAIDO a lot.
I don't generally use maido that much but
But if you go to a shop, finish eating and go home they will shout "MAIDO"
You can say it instead of goodbye too.
Like hello and goodbye?
That's right you can use it for both.
Maido is the short way of saying "maido arigatou gozaimashita"
Shorter is Maido
So thank you everytime, always.
Thank you for always coming to our shop.
That's right.
Would you like to use it like that when you say hi?
Hi, thanks always.
For example
When talking with friends...
- Maido Cathy - Maido!
That's it.
Well that's quite simple to use.
- Simple right? - Super simple.
Let's level this up. - Level two!
I told you about the long version "Maido arigatou gozaimashita."
In the Osaka dialect, there is now one thing that follows MAIDO.
Pretty much always. - Always?
That's the word Ookini.
Ookini!
Wait I have heard this one before. It's like thank you.
That's right.
- Yes go me! - Thank you.
Maido is "hi + thank you"
We say it as Maido okini. Thanks, always.
Maido okini!
Kansai Osaka dialect is so energetic.
It really is. Just throw out Maido Okini!
If it rolls off your tongue, you are from Osaka.
Thank you always mate, yay.
That's it. In Osaka are almost as energetic as people from abroad when we talk.
English "Thank you" is super energetic language right?
We in Kansai, Osaka are very similar.
Okini! Thanks.
Can I use Ookini without the word maido?
Yes you can!
- Here you go! - Oh Thank you!
I see! Give me that too please.
Here you are. - Thanks.
Thanks, are you serious about giving me this gift?
???
That's a more advanced level.
Let's do that another time.
Yes.
Maido and Okini are easy words to use and to remember.
That makes it fun to use Kansai, Osaka dialect.
If you come from abroad to Osaka, people in shops will know about it.
Nice. I wanna do another example round.
Ready go!
For example!
In the shop...
Slurp
- That was a feast! - Thanks always!
Everyone, if you use Maido and Ookini together, you'll have a lot of fun.
You can use Ookini just like that as "Thank you".
So convenient!
But when you come to Tokyo instead...
people will look at you strangely if you suddenly speak the Osaka dialect.
Well it's a different dialect from Tokyo after all.
So go to find out about Japan in Tokyo, then come to Osaka kansai area
and then use as much Osaka dialect as you want!
(Cathy switches to English)
So that shows that you know a little bit of Kansai language,
so you can use that if you go to Osaka, and show off a bit of the Osaka slang ...
To remember these words is really fun.
I like using local dialects because people do great reactions to that.
I hope you enjoyed this course.
If you want to find out about more of our classes that we are doing in Japanese...
or maybe in other dialects, click the link which will be at the end of the video
so you can find the other videos.
Yes, on that note...
Hayappe, thank you for today! Ookini.
Thank you! Ookini! Thank you! Ookini!