Questions tagged [compensatory-lengthening]
代償延長. When a vowel is lengthened to preserve the mora count (rhythm) of a contracted word or phrase, typically after the loss of an intervening consonant, as in では→じゃあ or ぼくは→ぼかあ.
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Prolonged sounds in place of an を
I have noticed them in speech in several expressions:
ざまあみろ
手エ、出して
気イ抜くなよ
They are clearly an informal (if i have got it right) variant of を. But how common is this phenomenon? What restrictions ...
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What do the 「ああなる」and「気いします」mean?
The sentence below is said by a Kansai-spoken character but I'm not sure if thetwo phrases are related to the dialect.
みんながああなる気{き｝持｛も｝ち ようわかるような気｛き｝いします感｛かん｝動｛どう｝してまんね あいつら....
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せいせいすらあ Meaning
This is from the manga Kaiji. A hated character is making his departure, and Kaiji thinks to himself, "消えろ！消えろ！。。。！” ”せいせいすらあ。。。。”
The first part is pretty easy, basically like "Yeah, get ...
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手ぇ & つないで meaning and translation help
I've been reading よつばと！ and I'm on a chapter where Fuuka has a crush on a guy. She says this:
手ぇつないで歩いてたの
I assume the small e is just for emphasis/extension and it doesn't seem to serve a ...
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