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What does the sentencing ending particle ですよ become in Kansai-ben?

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In Kansai-ben ですよ can, according to Ikue Shingu's Kansai Grammar Index, become

  • どすえ
  • どっせ
  • だっせ
  • でっせ

but I would consider it as raw Kansai-ben. You almost never hear it (I never did) and it can stay as ですよ. Kansai-ben is also the intonation, choice of words and in other parts of the sentence than the end copula.

だよ on the other hand becomes in the most general way やで.

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+1 for やで. I never heard any of those other four either. – istrasci Feb 20 '12 at 15:31
でっせ sounds masculine and is very often heard in Osaka, while どすえ sounds feminine and is only used in Kyoto. I don't think I've ever heard　どっせ or だっせ. – Chocolate Feb 20 '12 at 22:44
How does one go about perceiving this supposed masculinity or femininity of sound, anyway? o_O – Karl Knechtel Feb 22 '12 at 3:23
@KarlKnechtel-san, Are you talking to me? – Chocolate Feb 22 '12 at 14:52

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