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Joining me even though it's our day off with やのに

Grammar Explanation: Grammar in the Kansai dialect

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Kiyo meets up with Sumire at the entrance to a local shrine.

すみれ:
「一緒(いっしょ)のお休(やす)みの日(ひ)やのに、うちにつきあわせてもうて。」
“Sorry for making you come along with me on our day off.”
Literal: “Even though it’s a day we both have off, I ended up making you come along with me.”

Key Points

1やのに = standard なのに after a noun
  • The phrase ends in the noun 日(ひ), so standard Japanese would say 一緒(いっしょ)のお休(やす)みの日(ひ)なのに.
  • Kansai や replaces standard だ, and before のに it takes the place of な. のに still means “even though”.
  • Because they both have the day off, Sumire feels guilty about taking up Kiyo’s free time.
2一緒(いっしょ)のお休(やす)みの日(ひ) is a day they both have off
  • Here 一緒(いっしょ)の says that the day off is shared. It does not mean only that they are spending the day together.
3付(つ)き合(あ)わせる = “make someone come along”
  • It is the causative form of 付(つ)き合(あ)う, “accompany someone” or “go along with someone”.
  • うち is a first-person pronoun associated especially with women in Kansai speech, so うちに付(つ)き合(あ)わせる means “make someone come along with me” here.
  • The person made to come along is left unstated and understood to be Kiyo.
4つきあわせてもうて carries an unfinished apology
  • Kansai 〜てもうて corresponds to standard 〜てしまって. Here it adds regret to “having made you come along”.
  • The line ends in the て-form, leaving an apology such as ごめんな unstated.

Vocabulary

(Together)

一緒(いっしょ) means together, with someone, or as one group.

(I)

うち can mean “I” or “me”, especially in Kansai speech and in casual speech among women. It also has other meanings, including “home” and “inside”.

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