Mina-san, part 3 of Nozomi and Marky’s Aomori-ben series is finally here. We’re at the half-way point so you’re almost over the hump, so to speak. Be sure to leave Nozomi a post, can you do it in Aomori-ben yet?

Have a great weekend!

めちゃめちゃ難しいですよ！今じゃなくて数年に勉強する！

青森弁はむずかしいですね。

でも、don’t worry. It’s difficult for Japanese, like me, too. Sometimes, the English translation is even easier to understand the meaning! It’s fun though.

がんばりましょう！ Let’s go for it!

Hi Liz-san,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention and apologies for the inconvenience. This lesson should now appear in iTunes if you update the podcast. Tomorrow we’ll be back with Miki-san’s Audio Blog.

- Eran

i don’t know why, but yoshikai really cracked me up when he said やべー and どすべ.

also, if you have’t checked out the PDF, i went to town on this one for you guys, since it was part 3. I included a massive summary of the grammar points covered up to this point and of course, the Standard Japanese translation is also included!

腹減ったじゃ。昼飯はどすべ？

けっぱれ！　(aomori-ben for がんばれ)

Yabē… Aomori-ben sounds very different to my newbie ears! I’m slowly making my way up to the more recent podcasts (currently still in Jan. 2006), and when I noticed a few lessons on Aomori, I felt inclined to jump in and listen to them. Having heard the 3 Aomori-ben podcasts, I felt inclined to leave a post.

I’m from Canada (near Toronto) and my half-Japanese boyfriend from Tokyo recently moved to Aomori to start his own business. I might go to Aomori within the next few months, before September, so I found these podcasts very informative (and overwhelming for my newbie ears).

I look forward to hearing more about Aomori! I must get back to studying Japanese now!

わあああ！青森べんが大好きですよ。この会話はすごい！
ありがとうMarkystarさんとよしかさん。
来週会話はたもしみだいよね。