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Stage forms this act uses in the library, and how often.
One person says that if they both had mopeds, they could meet more often, and shows how they would ride.
Was it this dumb-looking, again?
Textbookこんなに間の抜けた感じでしたか？「でしたか」 becomes plain 「だったっけ」: 「か」 is replaced by 「っけ」 (checking a hazy memory), and Kansai 「や」 stands in for 「だ」, giving 「アホそうやったっけ」.
Studying together for a test, one asks, rather late, whether the other has been practicing the true-or-false questions.
Tomorrow's gonna be rough.
Textbook明日は危ないですよ。Slang "やばい" replaces "危ない" (in trouble, at risk); plain form plus "よ", with no "です".
Lost among people in very bold fashion, the speaker decides to ask the next person who comes by for directions.
Culture note The speaker uses Kansai dialect: よーわからん = よく分からない, 多ない = 多くない.
Oh, excuse me.
Textbookあ、すみません。「すみません」 loosens to 「すいません」 in everyday speech (the 'm' sound drops). Here it's 'excuse me' to stop a stranger.
One person gives another firm instructions, then notices them putting something in.
What is that?
Textbookそれは何ですか。Casual speech drops 'は' and 'ですか' and flips the order: '何' first, 'それ' tacked on, for an instant 'what's that?!'
One person stops a boldly dressed stranger on the street and keeps calling their outfit really stylish.
I kinda just wanted to compliment you, I mean.
Textbook褒めたかった、と言いますか。「っていうか」 is casual 「というか」: quotative 「と」 becomes 「って」. Tacked onto 「褒めたくて」, it hedges: 'it's more like I wanted to compliment you.'
Studying for the written driving test, one says a yellow light means you can go, and the other reads the rule.
Oh, you're right, it says "stop."
Textbookあ、本当ですね。止まれと書いてあります。"ほんま" is Kansai for "本当"; "ほんまや" equals standard "本当だ", with Kansai copula "や" replacing "だ".