Can somebody please help me understand the following sentence:
なにをするにも、「おそい」ということはないのじゃから。
I am having trouble with the part that I've bolded (じゃから).
I think so far that it means "What ever you do, it doesn't mean ???? "slow".
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I am not certain on this, but it could just be a corruption of だから.– ReveillerOct 18, 2016 at 14:07
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I have wondered if that were the case. How would you translate it if that were so?– Teresa S-jOct 18, 2016 at 14:15
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The copula じゃ is not a 'corruption' of だ. Both copula forms じゃ and だ are derived from である.– user1478Oct 18, 2016 at 14:49
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So, do you think that it's a negative, as in じゃない or じゃありません？– Teresa S-jOct 18, 2016 at 15:20
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じゃ in じゃない is a contraction of で+は, while じゃ in じゃから is a copula. For more about じゃ as 老人語 / 役割語(role language), you could refer to these posts: japanese.stackexchange.com/a/11134/9831 ・ japanese.stackexchange.com/a/34196/9831 ・ japanese.stackexchange.com/a/12129/9831– chocolate ♦Oct 18, 2016 at 23:12
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のじゃから is the exact same as のだから; in certain dialects, the plain copula is じゃ rather than だ. This is also used in fictional 'role language' to mark a character as elderly or rural.
Related answer: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/39624/16344
The following list is great & comprehensive -- its stated focus is on recent Anime characters (キャラ語尾, kyara-gobi, Character-suffix)
じゃ == often used by 老人キャラ (old(er) folks)
http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E8%AA%9E%E5%B0%BE%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7
じゃ == 老人キャラがよく使う語尾。
容姿が若くみえるキャラでも、設定上用いるケースもある。元ネタは中国地方東部の方言。
中国地方では、現在でも老若男女でこの語尾を当たり前のように使用している。
- 中国地方 has nothing to do with China. 中国地方 includes Hiroshima, Okayama, etc.
