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When the ×カめび form is used in yes-no questions, it functions to confirm one’s assumption while soliciting more information from others.
12. A: マメパオびィカめびづ〜 Oh, do you play tennis?
B: ぢぢ\允Ο月ゅ允怪なァぞやカめびにゃ〜 Yes, about once a month only though.
One general situation where it is almost obligatory to use this pattern is when you are asking for assistance or permission. In such cases, it is wise for you to add the extra sense of seeking sympathy or understanding.
13. 厭を行でべぞカめびにゃ\允りカほづぞ厭らゃほァめぱだづ〜 I would like to get to a station; which way would be the closest one?
14. ニΜリ【プ【オ使ぞべぞカぺにゃ\ぞぞ’ I’d like to use a computer, would that be OK?
The ×カめび form follows a direct form. Notice that the tense on the ×カめび form is always non-past. The past tense is marked on the direct style verb preceding it.
行でべぞよめび
行でべづぽべよめび
食んィよめび
食んべよめび
行でべどやぞよめび
行でべどやづぽべよめび
食んやぞよめび
食んやづぽべよめび
Pay attention, however, toˇや in the first form below. It is the result of a sound change which changed ぺ of *額生ぺよめび under the influence of よ nearby.
額生やよめび 額生ひやぞよめび 額生ぺぽべよめび 額生ひやづぽべよめび
Caution: When the context calls for it, this pattern is quite effective in creating the atmosphere of mutual understanding, but if it is used in the wrong context, it can sound insinuating as the following exchange shows:
15. ..分づアぱべづ〜 ‘Did you understand?’
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