Japan Travel Questions
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Dialect question - 「ま」 becoming 「や」?
Question:
I've learnt very standard Japanese and was curious to know which dialect involved the following changes:
ございます -> ございやす
いらっしゃいませ -> いらっしゃいやせ
Answer:
dialect of Edo's merchant class people
ございます → ございやす → ごぜえやす
samurai dialect
ござりまする
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