Hida dialect
Encyclopedia
The is a Japanese dialect
spoken in the Hida
region of Gifu Prefecture
, Japan
. Along with the Mino dialect
in the south, it is one of the two main dialects of Gifu Prefecture. It uses a number of non-standard words, for example:
Japanese dialects
The comprise many regional variants. The lingua franca of Japan is called hyōjungo or kyōtsūgo , and while it was based initially on the Tokyo dialect, the language of Japan's capital has since gone in its own direction to become one of Japan's many dialects...
spoken in the Hida
Hida (region)
is the northern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. The Hida region received its name because the area was formerly part of Hida Province, before the formation of prefectures in Japan. The borders of this region are not officially set, but it generally consists of the following...
region of Gifu Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Chūbu region of central Japan. Its capital is the city of Gifu.Located in the center of Japan, it has long played an important part as the crossroads of Japan, connecting the east to the west through such routes as the Nakasendō...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Along with the Mino dialect
Mino dialect
The is a Japanese dialect spoken in the southern area, made up of the former area known as Mino Province, of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is also referred to as the Tōnō dialect by residents of the Tōnō region of the prefecture, which is the eastern part of the former province...
in the south, it is one of the two main dialects of Gifu Prefecture. It uses a number of non-standard words, for example:
| Hida dialect | Lexical category Lexical category In grammar, a part of speech is a linguistic category of words , which is generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question. Common linguistic categories include noun and verb, among others... |
Standard Japanese | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
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| ashitari | noun | ashita | tomorrow |
| appo | noun Noun In linguistics, a noun is a member of a large, open lexical category whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition .Lexical categories are defined in terms of how their members combine with other kinds of... |
mochi | rice cake |
| dashikan | adjective Adjective In grammar, an adjective is a 'describing' word; the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.... |
dameda | no good, too bad |
| gade | noun | tsukaide | quantity |
| gebasu | intransitive verb Intransitive verb In grammar, an intransitive verb is a verb that has no object. This differs from a transitive verb, which takes one or more objects. Both classes of verb are related to the concept of the transitivity of a verb.... |
shippaisuru | fail |
| kenarui | adjective | urayamashii | envious |
| kosui | adjective | zurui | cunning |
| kotsukaru | intransitive verb | butsukaru | collide with |
| kotsukeru | transitive verb Transitive verb In syntax, a transitive verb is a verb that requires both a direct subject and one or more objects. The term is used to contrast intransitive verbs, which do not have objects.-Examples:Some examples of sentences with transitive verbs:... |
butsukeru | strike, hit, knock |
| kowai | adjective | moushiwakenai | afraid of |
| mataji | noun | katazuke | clearing away |
| matajisuru | transitive verb | katazukeru | clear away |
| oku | transitive verb | yameru | stop |
| oharu | transitive verb | hoshigaru | desire, want, wish |
| ori | pronoun Pronoun In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun , such as, in English, the words it and he... |
watashi, boku, ore | I |
| osogai | adjective | kowai | afraid |
| ozoi | adjective | warui | inferior, poor in quality |
| utatei | adjective | arigatai | thankful, grateful |
| wari | pronoun | anata, kimi | you |
| mon de | conjunction | no de | because |