-tan form?

[Yamatoblue]

I don't know how to explain it,but...

what do words like these mean? can someone tell me, and help me conjugate them?

ittan(go?)
omottan

etc

Thanks

 

[Yamatoblue]

I thought it might represent emphasis?
Using ittan, omottan, etc

 

[Elizabeth]

There was a thread on these contractions of "no" and "nan" a while back, I'll look for it when I have a chance...

 

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa Yamatoblue-san!

There are a lot of dialect in Japan, and most of all dialect inflect in the ending of a word. "-ttan" is one of them.

English : Did you go to see him yesterday?
Japanese : Kinou Kare ni Ai ni Itta no desu ka?

"Itta" is the past tense of "Iku", and "Iku" means "go" in English.

contracted form : Ittano?
The Japanese omit the subject and object words in daily conversation frequently. "Ittano?" is a short word of "Itta no desu ka?", and this word is contracted form of common Japanese. I think you can hear this word frequently in Anime or Japanese movie. And "Ittan" is a dialect form of "Ittano".

dialect forms of "Ittano".
Ittanoka
Ittan
Ittanke
Innanogai
Iddaga
Ittato

NANGI

 

[Elizabeth]

Arigatou Nangi-san! The last part of this thread also contains an example of datta n'desu (datta no desu) in the sense of "because," or as a way of offering an excuse which is another way it is used in addition to emphasis or informality.


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