Sana explains how Twice J-Trinity will have to speak "standard" Japanese as they promote

[GuguSana]

In a recent interview, Mina said she hopes that the three Japanese members will be able to lead the others, and shared that Tzuyu and all 5 Korean members of the group have been studying Japanese. Sana pointed out that because the three of them speak the Kansai dialect, they’ll have to put in some effort as well because they’ll be speaking in what is considered “standard†Japanese as they promote.

 

https://www.soompi.com/2017/06/28/twice-shares-goals-japanese-debut/

[GuguSana]

I thought Mina spoke in standard Japanese, right?

[✧ Quinchana ✧]

Okay? why did you make a thread about it? we dont care, just post it in the mt

 

oh no there's the once negsquad

[six love]

shouldnt tzuyu already know japanese because shes from taiwan and chinese is like almost the same or does she speak taiwanese hokkien?

[Matthew]

shouldnt tzuyu already know japanese because shes from taiwan and chinese is like almost the same or does she speak taiwanese hokkien?

[SGT]

Okay? why did you make a thread about it? we dont care, just post it in the mt

you didn't have to open it lmao it's not like you're forced to read everything on OH

[yonderie]

shouldnt tzuyu already know japanese because shes from taiwan and chinese is like almost the same or does she speak taiwanese hokkien?

You know Chinese and Japanese are completely unrelated apart from the writing system, right?

[GuguSana]

Okay? why did you make a thread about it? we dont care, just post it in the mt

Okay? Why did you rush to complain about it than if you didn't care? Just don't click on it and kick rocks

[yonderie]

shouldnt tzuyu already know japanese because shes from taiwan and chinese is like almost the same or does she speak taiwanese hokkien?

dp

[meepmerp101]

shouldnt tzuyu already know japanese because shes from taiwan and chinese is like almost the same or does she speak taiwanese hokkien?

 

did you even graduate elementary

[six love]

You know Chinese and Japanese are completely unrelated apart from the writing system, right?

some words have the same meaning

[tobe]

My lord can a Twice thread never be like this. Anyway looking forward to their music station performance on July 2nd!! <3

[Mei Matsumoto]

What's the difference between standard and Kansai Japanese?

[yonderie]

some words have the same meaning

They usually aren't similar enough for that to matter, and I think there are more common words shared by Korean and Japanese anyway. She probably does have an easier time reading Japanese than other members though

[RRR98]

Didt one of them get better at dialect becouse of the other two?

[Boba]

Didt one of them get better at dialect becouse of the other two?

 

That was Mina, she used to be more "standard"

[yonderie]

What's the difference between standard and Kansai Japanese?

Mostly some vocabulary I think, they sound pretty different accent wise, and informal sentences usually end in "ya" in Kansai dialect, and "da" in Standard Japanese

[sakurahanabira]

You know Chinese and Japanese are completely unrelated apart from the writing system, right?

 

even there are differences between Chinese hanzi and Japanese kanji. For example there are a substantial amount of kanji that don't exist in Chinese at all and were made up by the Japanese. https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/kokuji/ 

[aripene]

What's the difference between standard and Kansai Japanese?

Standard is the one used in Tokyo (Kanto area/East), Kansai (Osaka/West) has different words and pronunciation (ya,nen) , it's usually associated with comedians or hot-blooded people. (as a stereotype)

[sakurahanabira]

What's the difference between standard and Kansai Japanese?

 

Kansai Japanese is a dialect in the Kansai area. Think of it as the difference between the Gyeonggi dialect (aka the standard dialect in Korea which includes Seoul dialect) and the Gyeongsang dialect (which includes Busan dialect). 

 

Here's a video showing the differences in Japanese dialects: 

 

http://nihongogogo.tumblr.com/post/109252156112/shishedo-make-up-company-have-made-this-series-of(Osaka dialect is shown at  5:50) 

 

Standard is the one used in Tokyo (Kento area), Kansai has different words and pronunciation (ya,nen) , it's usually associated with comedians or hot-blooded people. (as a stereotype)

 

 

I think you mean Kanto

[yonderie]

even there are differences between Chinese hanzi and Japanese kanji. For example there are a substantial amount of kanji that don't exist in Chinese at all and were made up by the Japanese. https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/kokuji/ 

Yeah, I know, and there's differences between kanji, traditional hanzi and simplified, but a lot of them are exactly or almost the same, so knowing how to read in one language is going to help you at least some if you're learning the other.

[Vtzu]

shouldnt tzuyu already know japanese because shes from taiwan and chinese is like almost the same or does she speak taiwanese hokkien?

 

I don't know if I've ever read such a demented comment 

[aripene]

 

I think you mean Kanto 

 

Yup thank you

[midnightdreams]

some words have the same meaning

It's like learning Spanish for an English speaker...

Similar alphabet and some shared words but the grammar is different lol.

[Fatalite]

Yeah, I know, and there's differences between kanji, traditional hanzi and simplified, but a lot of them are exactly or almost the same, so knowing how to read in one language is going to help you at least some if you're learning the other.

The meaning might be similar but the way they are read can be different, so it'll probably be even more confusing for a Chinese speaker learning Japanese than not.