Editing Kansai dialect (section)

=== Aspect ===
In common Kansai dialect, there are two forms for the [[continuous and progressive aspects]] -''teru'' and -''toru''; the former is a shortened form of -''te iru'' just as does standard Japanese, the latter is a shortened form of -''te oru'' which is common to other western Japanese. The proper use between -''teru'' and -''toru'' is same as [[#Existence verbs|''iru'' and ''oru'']].

In the expression to the condition of inanimate objects, -''taru'' or -''taaru'' form, a shortened form of -''te aru''. In standard Japanese, -''te aru'' is only used with [[transitive verb]]s, but Kansai -''taru'' or -''taaru'' is also used with [[intransitive verb]]s. One should note that -''te yaru'', "to do for someone," is also contracted to -''taru'' (-''charu'' in Senshu and Wakayama), so as not to confuse the two.

Other Western Japanese as Chūgoku and Shikoku dialects has the discrimination of [[grammatical aspect]], -''yoru'' in [[Continuous and progressive aspects|progressive]] and -''toru'' in [[Perfect (grammar)|perfect]]. In Kansai, some dialects of southern Hyogo and Kii Peninsula have these discrimination, too. In parts of Wakayama, -''yoru'' and -''toru'' are replaced with -''yaru'' and -''taaru/chaaru''.