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Sentence

The tuna I saw at the Nagoya market was huge, and I stopped in my tracks.

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できゃあ

Adjective
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Eye dialect spelling of でかい (dekai, “huge”), representing Nagoya Japanese.

The tuna I saw at the Nagoya market was huge, and I stopped in my tracks.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjective.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei) Used in forms such as karou; mainly literary.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: でかかっ
Used in forms such as kute and kunai.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: でかい
Ends a sentence.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: でかい
Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei) Expresses a condition with kereba.
Imperative form (meireikei) Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form Connects clauses with kute.
Ta-form Expresses the past with katta.
Nai-form Expresses negation with kunai.
Ba-form Expresses a condition with kereba.
Volitional form
Alternative: でかいし
Usage depends on context.
Notes
  • 「できゃあ」は「でかい」の連母音 ai が名古屋方言的に変化した発音を写した表記。終止形・連体形で主に用いられる。
  • 活用の多くは基底形「でかい」に準じ、「でかく」「でかかった」などとなる。

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