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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