Kobe

[imeka]

Has anyone been there before? I want to do this study abroad program at the college I'm going to, in the summer prgram the student will go to Kobe. Do people there speak in the Oasak dialect because it's somewhat close to there.

[MMM]

It's a great city.

There are many types of "Kansai-Dialect" including Osaka-dialect and Kobe-dialect (and subclasses within). They sound pretty much exactly the same to the non-Kansai-native ear, so yes.

[imeka]

well that's great then, I only heard that there was a study abroad porgram at the college, so I looked it up, I just want to go for a summer versus a year, it'll be easier for my mom since she's still attached to me and wants me to go somewhere close so I won't have to dorm until 2nd or 3rd year.

[Michigan90]

In the standard Japanese, sentences often end with -shite(i)ru when you say "I'm doing this." In Kobe-ben, however, this form changes into -shitoh, which is seldom used in Osaka. This is the most striking difference between the two dialects. Kobe-ben is similar to the dialect spoken in former Harima Province to the west of Kobe.

Kobe's cityscape looks like this. Enjoy!

From Ashiya to Sannomiya


further west

[BlueSan]

Whats that the engine driver is constantly saying while pointing ahead with his hand...?






Blue

[Michigan90]

Originally Posted by BlueSan

Whats that the engine driver is constantly saying while pointing ahead with his hand...?






Blue

I think he's a newbie. He and his mentor are learning how to check signals, speed limits and stuff.

Shinko (進行): "Go!" They are also saying that the signal is green in the n-th section between station A and B.
Tsuuka (通過): "We are now passing (insert station name here)"
Seigen Kaijo (制限解除): "Unlimited speed!" The full speed is 120 to 130 km/h.
Seigen -- "The speed limit is now (insert speed here)."

[BlueSan]

Thanks for the reply and even more for the video you have provided...



Blue

[junkomi]

Originally Posted by Michigan90

I think he's a newbie. He and his mentor are learning how to check signals, speed limits and stuff.

Shinko (進行): "Go!" They are also saying that the signal is green in the n-th section between station A and B.
Tsuuka (通過): "We are now passing (insert station name here)"
Seigen Kaijo (制限解除): "Unlimited speed!" The full speed is 120 to 130 km/h.
Seigen -- "The speed limit is now (insert speed here)."

I'm afraid that I think it's not because he is new.
That's an usual scene in japan. All of conductors and station attendants sending trains always point it out where they have to check with their hands. They are making sure and showing theirself to give people relief of safety.
Japanese train timetables are so tight. After a few minite, another train comes on time. I've never seen such a timetable out of japan.

By the way, I live in a city next to Kobe. May I help imeka something?

Osaka people are very proud of their dialect. In general, they tend not to recognize any dialect nearby out of osaka as kansaiben, although in this case I think they will do it since somehow Kobe has an image of a high class as well as Kyoto.
Anyway people living out of osaka think Kobeben is almost the same as osaka and can't distinguish Kobeben from Osakaben.
Don't mind even when someone from Osaka says yours is not osaka-ben.