Listening 4

1.

• • 嫌(きら)いな食(た)べ物(もの)は〜、あんまりあら へんねえ。

• Q: What is his least favorite food?
• There are many foods he dislikes.
• There are not many foods he doesn’t like.

2.

• • あらたまれ言(ゆ)うたって、ようあらたまらんわ！

＊あらたまる be formal; be renewed

• Q: What does this person say upon the start of the interview?
• I have no ability to be formal even if you tell me to.
• I am not going to be that formal even if you tell me to.

3. Challenge!!

• • う〜ん、まあ、そら、あの向(む)こうの人(ひと)は標準語(ひょうじゅんご)でないと、ようしゃべらあらへんやろうしなあ、関西語(かんさい ご) 言(ゆ)うたかて、関西(かんさい)でしゃべってください言(ゆ)うたって、ようしゃべらあらへんやろうしなあ、そらしゃあないなあ。

＊標準語(ひょうじゅんご) Standard Japanese
＊言(ゆ)うたかて＝言(い)っても

• Q: Having been asked which language she wants foreigners to speak to her, standard or Kansai-ben, which one is the closest to her opinion?
• Foreigners probably cannot speak Kansai-ben even if we ask.
• Foreigners probably cannot speak Standard Japanese even if we ask.
• Foreigners probably do not want to speak Kansai-ben.