In the west, the verb for people and animals “being somewhere” is おる instead of いる. 誰かいる？ becomes 誰かおる？, いなかった becomes おらんかった. It also replaces いる after a て-form: 〜ておる = 〜ている. In standard Japanese, おる mostly appears as the polite humble おります.
Plain everyday word in Kansai and much of western Japan. Elsewhere it can sound old-fashioned or pompous, and comedians use it for old-man or samurai characters.
One performer plays someone determined to firmly scold people who break the rules, such as bad drivers.
'Cause nobody calls people out while smoking a cigarette.
Textbookタバコを吸いながら注意する人はいませんから。Kansai "おる" replaces "いる"; its negative "おらん" = "いない" ("there's nobody who…"). "やつ" is a casual word for "人".
Two performers argue about a strange moving object in the sky: one says it was a UFO, the other says a conductor.
No, there isn't, there isn't, there isn't.
Textbookいいえ、いません、いません、いません。「おらん」 = 「おる」 (= 「いる」) + Kansai negative 「ん」 (= 「ない」); the polite textbook form is 「いません」.
One performer is showing an apartment where people have died and describes who can be seen inside it.
Culture note A 事故物件 is a property where someone died; people believe it may be haunted, so it rents cheaply.
There's tons of them.
Textbookとてもたくさんいます。「おる」 is the western form of 「いる」, in plain form instead of 「います」; 「めっちゃ」 is Kansai slang for 「とても」.
Two comedy partners are trying to work out new material together, and one keeps reassuring the other.
There are guys who just live off part-time jobs, right?
Textbookアルバイトで生活している人っていますよね。Standard 'いる' becomes Kansai 'おる'; polite 'いますよね' turns into plain 'おるよな', with casual 'よな' replacing 'よね'.
From other routines in the library. Automatic transcripts, not yet checked line by line.
おる means “to be (there)” for people and animals (Kansai). In the west, the verb for people and animals “being somewhere” is おる instead of いる. 誰かいる？ becomes 誰かおる？, いなかった becomes おらんかった. It also replaces いる after a て-form: 〜ておる = 〜ている. In standard Japanese, おる mostly appears as the polite humble おります.
With friends: OK. With coworkers: careful. With a boss or teacher: avoid. Plain everyday word in Kansai and much of western Japan. Elsewhere it can sound old-fashioned or pompous, and comedians use it for old-man or samurai characters.
In 1,905 live comedy routines, おる appears in 166 lines from 57 comedians.