や

Regional Japanese: Noun and Na-adjective Predicates

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Casual や links a noun or na-adjective predicate to its subject in Kansai and Hakata speech.

How It Works

今日は休みや states that today is a day off; この部屋は静かや describes the room. A verb such as 行く and an i-adjective such as 暑い do not need や.

The familiar past is やった and a conditional can use やったら. These are copula forms, not the lexical verb やる.

Keep です/ます when politeness is appropriate. Regional speech and polite Japanese are compatible; や is not a compulsory accent marker on every sentence.

Examples (3)

  1. 今日は休みや。

    Today is a day off.

  2. この部屋は静かや。

    This room is quiet.

  3. 昨日は雨やった。

    It was rainy yesterday.

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やLevel 1Regional Japanese: Noun and Na-adjective Predicates

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Recognize the shared casual noun copula before learning its regional counterpart. Identify a na-adjective predicate so や is not added to a verb or i-adjective.

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