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$\"Room$ <\/p>\n

When we moved in to the new GenkiJACS school a year and a half ago, we gave all the classrooms numbers instead of names, to make it easier for students to find their way around. But it always felt a little boring to just refer to them by their numbers, so last week we added a Hakata-ben phrase to each room\u2019s name. For those of you who don\u2019t know, Hakata-ben is the local dialect of Fukuoka. Some of our students get quite good at speaking it by the time they finish (hi Frank!), so we wanted to give them a helping hand.
The picture above is an example from Room 3, \u300c\u3057\u3063\u3068\u3046\u300d(\u201cshittou\u201d), meaning \u201cI know\u201d. In Hakata-ben, the present progressive verb ending \u3066\u3044\u308b (\u201cte iru\u201d, \u201cam -ing\u201d) is replaced with \u300c\u3068\u3046\u300d, so for example:
\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b -> \u3057\u3063\u3068\u3046
\u6301\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b -> \u3082\u3063\u3068\u3046
\u98df\u3079\u3066\u3044\u308b -> \u305f\u3079\u3068\u3046
\u5bdd\u3066\u3044\u308b -> \u306d\u3068\u3046<\/p>\n

To make a question in Hakata-ben, you add \u300c\u3068\u300d to the end of a sentence, instead of the standard \u300c\u304b\u300d. So \u201cDo you know?\u201d is \u300c\u3057\u3063\u3068\u3046\u3068\u300d. The most iconic example is \u201cHave you taken one?\u201d \u201cTake\u201d is \u300c\u53d6\u308b\u300d (\u201ctoru\u201d), so the Hakata-ben is \u300c\u3068\u3063\u3068\u3046\u3068\uff1f\u300d (\u201ctottouto?\u201d). Sounds nice, right?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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