Meng Shaoyuan saw his Japanese teacher for the first time.
Turns out, it’s a Japanese woman wearing a kimono!
He was in his mid-twenties and had a handsome face. When he saw Meng Shaoyuan, he immediately bowed slightly: "Hello, I am Yuri Yamashita. From now on, I will be your Japanese teacher."
Yamashita Yuri Ai?
Japanese woman?
Meng Shaoyuan was a little confused.
"Miss Yamashita graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, majoring in language. She has lived in China for a while and is fluent in Chinese." He Ruyi smiled and said: "Xiao Meng, learn Japanese well with Miss Yamashita. I have given Miss Yamashita has the special right to give you any form of corporal punishment when you fail to learn."
Well.
Meng Shaoyuan suddenly had an evil idea in his heart.
Any form of corporal punishment? What is included?
"Then, please, Miss Yamashita."
He Ruyi said and left.
"Mr. Meng, let's get started. Within three hours from now, I hope you can learn as much Japanese knowledge as possible."
Yamashita Yuri didn't waste a moment.
She first had some pre-arranged conversations with Meng Shaoyuan in Japanese.
Meng Shao originally knew Japanese, but he was by no means as proficient in English as he was. Especially under Yamashita Yuri Ai's somewhat difficult questions, he seemed somewhat stumbling.
Yamashita Yuri seemed quite satisfied with this test: "Mr. Meng, your Japanese skills are far beyond my imagination. So, do you know the difference between accents in various places in Japanese? For example, Osaka dialect and What’s the difference in Tokyo dialect?”
the difference?
Is it similar to the local dialects in Chinese?
Yamashita Yuri didn't need the other party to answer anything: "In Japan, the accents of various places are very different. Even if you master Japanese proficiently, if you can't distinguish the accents of these places, then when you meet a real Japanese, you will have a conversation. People will immediately notice that you are a foreigner.”
Um? Is there any other way to say this?
Meng Shaoyuan remembered seeing in movies and TV shows that as long as a Chinese put on makeup and said a few words "Yoshi", the Japanese would believe it and treat it as one of their own, right?
"Why does this happen? Because there are so many dialects in Japan, the tone, language, and grammar are different, but it is not incomprehensible. Except for people who are professional in acting, everyone else mainly speaks dialects."
Yamashita Yuri Ai explained in great detail:
"Japanese dialects can be roughly divided into Kanto accent and Kansai accent. Because Kansai has been the political and cultural center in ancient Japan and has a long history, they still have a strong sense of pride. The so-called Kansai accent in Japan almost exclusively refers to the Kinki dialect centered in Osaka.
Therefore, I mainly want to teach you Kansai accent.
In the Kansai accent, Osaka people are rude, speak loudly with an accent, love to complain, and are uneducated. The Kyoto accent, which is also a Kansai accent, is arrogant, conservative, and narrow-minded. They feel that everything except themselves is in the countryside, but in Kansai they look down on other places in Kansai. Some even look down on Tokyo, and they speak very bitterly.
Mr. Meng, from now on, you will focus on learning the Kyoto accent. "
What Meng Shaoyuan heard was eye-opening.
I didn’t expect that there are so many things to pay attention to in Japanese.
In fact, it's not just that.
Japanese people like to fight each other.
Not to mention the obviously heated mutual hostility between Osaka and Tokyo, and Kanto and Kansai, even the various districts in Tokyo are already in a state of dire straits of discrimination. Each district is vying to be the boss of Tokyo. , there is a pattern of self-promotion and mutual disparagement between districts. It can be said that no district is a fuel-efficient lamp.
Yamashita Yuri Ai is really a very competent teacher.
She told Meng Shaoyuan the key points of Kyoto accent pronunciation bit by bit in detail, some little secrets not known to outsiders, and even the gestures and movements when speaking were very careful.
Meng Shaoyuan also studied very hard.
Mastering the knack of speaking pronunciation will definitely come in handy in the future.
Fortunately, Meng Shao had a basic foundation in Japanese and did not have to learn it from scratch.
He also understood quickly. In the words of his time, Tokyo dialect in Japan was actually equivalent to Mandarin in Chinese.
But most Japanese people prefer to talk in their own dialect.
After teaching for more than two hours, Meng Shaoyuan made rapid progress, especially in some details. Yamashita Yuri patiently told him what was wrong and what sounded wrong.
Yamashita Yuri looked at the time: "Mr. Meng, there is still one hour. Let's have a simple conversation again. Do you think it's okay?"
"sure."
Meng Shaoyuan, who had grasped some superficial knowledge, was eager to give it a try.
"Then, just think that we were classmates in the past and met by chance on the road."
Yamashita Yuri made Meng Shaoyuan stand up:
"Then, let's start now. Ah, isn't this Shao Yuan-kun?"
"It's Yuri Yamashita, I haven't seen you for a long time."
"What are you doing now?"
"I'm doing some business."
"No, Mr. Meng, you shouldn't answer like that." Yamashita Yuri stopped: "In Japan, you can't simply say that you are doing business, but you should state the specific company you work for, and your tone is calm. Okay, as I said before, the biggest characteristic of Kyoto accent is the arrogance when speaking.
Imagine that I am a housewife and you have a successful career and have not seen each other for so many years. You should try your best to show your sense of superiority, especially in front of me, a housewife. Your voice can be slightly louder, but not too loud like the Osaka accent. It should show that you clearly have a sense of superiority, but you should pretend to be very low-key. "
Meng Shaoyuan understood immediately.
In my own time, wasn't that what happened when old classmates got together?
In short, it can be summed up in two words:
Pretend to be X!
Is that what you mean?
Therefore, in the new rehearsal, although Meng Shaoyuan's Japanese is far from proficient, the arrogance in his voice has been fully learned.
Yamashita Yuri Ai was obviously very satisfied with her student. Three hours passed by in a flash, and she said with a smile:
"Mr. Meng, you learn very quickly and master some basic grammar very well, especially your pronunciation and facial expressions. If you can master Japanese more fully, I will think that you are really a Kyoto native." of."
Well, being able to have a conversation skillfully without any flaws is not something that can be accomplished in a day or two.
In three months, I hope I can do this.
"So, that's it for today."
"Thank you, teacher."
"Mr. Meng, you forgot to bow. This is the most basic courtesy between Japanese people."
Well.
All right.
Meng Shaoyuan still bowed respectfully.
Isn’t there an old saying in China, once a teacher is a lifelong father?
No, is it motherhood?
For such a beautiful girl, it’s better not to be a “mother”.
