Thursday, June 19, 2014

ダメよ~ダメダメ (dame yo! dame dame~)

This one is trending right now, I was told today.  The language itself isn't anything special; it's just a way of saying "That's no good" or "You can't do that," things of the like.  My friends tell me that what stands out about this clip is the tone and pitch of the speaker.

 
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Update (July 10, 2015)
Unfortunately, You Tube took off the above video, I imagine for copyright reasons.  But people have been filling in the void with other clips.  Below are a duo who use the original audio recording and mime along with it:




I was surprised to find a bunch of SNSD videos dedicated to this phrase. Their Japanese has gotten so good. . .I'm jealous.


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5 comments:

Occupational Therapy Is said...

Just found your site. This explanation really helped me out a lot! Going to pass it around now. :)

Wesley H.W. Tong said...

Thanks! (Sorry for being so slow to respond to your comment!)

Wesley H.W. Tong said...

Thank you!!

Mayank saini said...

Great explanation

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Wesley Tong said...

Thank you, and thanks for the link to your blog! I'm a big believer in the omegas~

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