Particle omission of “と” and “の”

Yukawa Keiko — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:49:50 +0000

Like standard Japanese, particles are tend to be omitted, especially in casual speech. However, there are some differences in the ways that they are dropped in Kansai-ben and standard Japanese.

Common uses:

Grammar elements:

Example:

quotation particle と

the omission of と
Standard	弟(が)、彼女(が)できたと言って(い)たよ。
Kansai-ben	弟、彼女できたいうてたで。弟、彼女できた(っ)ちゅう*てたで。
English	My (younger) brother said that he got a girlfriend.

* 〜いう and 〜(っ)ちゅう have the same meaning.

と omission
Standard	王将というレストラン(を)知って(い)る？
Kansai-ben	王将いうレストラン知ってる？王将(っ)ちゅうレストラン知ってる？
English	Have you heard of a restaurant called Ousho?

possessive particle の

The possessive marker の is often omitted in front of the noun とこ (所).

the omission of の
Standard	あなたの所／家	先生の所／家	私の家
Kansai-ben	あんたとこ	先生とこ	うっとこ*
English	your place/house	teacher's place/house	my house