Kansai says せや for そうだ: せやな = “yeah, right”, せやけど = “but still”, せやから = “that’s why”.
Kansai dialect. Casual.
One performer asks for help speaking more clearly, and the other says it is impossible.
Fair point!
Textbookそうですね。Kansai 「そや」 = 「そうだ」: 「そう」 shortens to 「そ」 and 「だ」 becomes 「や」; 「な」 adds agreement, like 「ね」.
One person has betrayed the other and offers to spare only their life; the furious victim keeps shouting threats.
Oh, I know!
Textbookそうだ！Kansai 'せや' = 'そうだ': the copula 'だ' becomes 'や' and 'そう' shifts to 'せ'. Here it's the exclamation 'Oh, I know!'
Two people on the phone both claim to be the same person, and one asks how they could ever prove it.
Yeah, good point.
Textbookそうですね。Standard 「そうだな」 becomes Kansai 「そやな」: 「だ」 changes to 「や」 and 「そう」 shortens to 「そ」. 「な」 adds a thoughtful tone of agreement.
Two performers, apparently students, talk about Japan's aging society and how close the problem has come to their daily lives.
Culture note 永代供養 is a service where a temple looks after your grave and memorial rites forever, often advertised to older people.
Yeah, like, these days one in every three commercials,
Textbookそうですね、今はもうコマーシャルの3回に1回は…Kansai 「せや」 = 「そうだ」 (そ→せ, だ→や); 「せやな」 = 「そうだな」, “yeah, right.”
After some shrieking, one performer calms things down and sums up what the other's psychic powers can actually do.
Yep.
Textbookそうですよ。「そうだ」 becomes Kansai 「せや」, and the final particle 「で」 is Kansai for 「よ」.
From other routines in the library. Automatic transcripts, not yet checked line by line.
せや／そや means “that’s right” (Kansai). Kansai says せや for そうだ: せやな = “yeah, right”, せやけど = “but still”, せやから = “that’s why”.
With friends: OK. With coworkers: careful. With a boss or teacher: avoid. Kansai dialect. Casual.
In 1,905 live comedy routines, せや／そや appears in 17 lines from 10 comedians.