Editing Kansai dialect (section)

=== Adjectives ===
The [[Stem (linguistics)|stem]] of adjective forms in Kansai dialect is generally the same as in standard Japanese, except for regional vocabulary differences. The same process that reduced the Classical Japanese terminal and attributive endings (し {{IPA|/-si/}} and き {{IPA|/-ki/}}, respectively) to {{IPA|/-i/}} has reduced also the ren'yōkei ending く {{IPA|/-ku/}} to {{IPA|/-u/}}, yielding such forms as 早う {{IPA|/hajoː/}} (contraction of 早う {{IPA|/hajau/}}) for 早く {{IPA|/hajaku/}} ("quickly"). Dropping the consonant from the final mora in all forms of adjective endings has been a frequent occurrence in Japanese over the centuries (and is the origin of such forms as ありがとう {{IPA|/ariɡatoː/}} and おめでとう {{IPA|/omedetoː/}}), but the Kantō speech preserved く {{IPA|/-ku/}} while reducing し {{IPA|/-si/}} and き {{IPA|/-ki/}} to {{IPA|/-i/}}, thus accounting for the discrepancy in the standard language (see also [[Late Middle Japanese#Onbin|Onbin]])

The {{IPA|/-i/}} ending can be dropped and the last vowel of the adjective's stem can be stretched out for a second [[mora (linguistics)|mora]], sometimes with a tonal change for emphasis. By this process, ''omoroi'' "interesting, funny" becomes ''omorō'' and ''atsui'' "hot" becomes ''atsū'' or ''attsū''. This use of the adjective's stem, often as an exclamation, is seen in classical literature and many dialects of modern Japanese, but is more often used in modern Kansai dialect.

There is not a special conjugated form for presumptive of adjectives in Kansai dialect, it is just addition of やろ {{IPA|/jaro/}} to the plain form. For example, 安かろう {{IPA|/jasukaroː/}} (the presumptive form of 安い {{IPA|/jasui/}} "cheap") is hardly used and is usually replaced with the plain form + やろ {{IPA|/jaro/}} likes 安いやろ {{IPA|/jasui jaro/}}. Polite suffixes です/だす/どす {{IPA|/desu, dasu, dosu/}} and ます {{IPA|/-masu/}} are also added やろ {{IPA|/jaro/}} for presumptive form instead of でしょう {{IPA|/desjoː/}} in standard Japanese. For example, 今日は晴れでしょう {{IPA|/kjoː wa hare desjoː/}}  ("It may be fine weather today") is replaced with 今日は晴れですやろ {{IPA|/kjoː wa hare desu jaro/}}.