I have been watching TV Japan and am constantly hearing a word that sounds like "sukoshi". The difference is that the long o sound in --koshi sounds like a short o sound, --kawshi. Would that be just a dialectic pronunciation or a completely different word? Thanks for your help, as I am really curious.
Dialect or a completely different word?

ClaudiaR27
December 17, 2018

teacup
December 17, 2018
To make sure I'm understanding the word correctly, you mean すこし (a little—first appearance in module 1.4)?

Tony-S10
December 17, 2018
Only word in the dictionary is a little bit

ClaudiaR27
December 18, 2018
Tony, that's pretty much what I thought, that maybe it is just a dialect from whatever part of Japan the programs are from. Thanks for your help.
夫婦茶碗, I'm assuming that's the word the various speakers mean. It's so close to Sukoshi that I thought that is probably it.
夫婦茶碗, I'm assuming that's the word the various speakers mean. It's so close to Sukoshi that I thought that is probably it.

Tony-S10
December 27, 2018
Probably dialect or expression maybe. I have heard when Japanese people sing for instance they can change how words sound entirely.

ClaudiaR27
December 27, 2018
I sort of thought that was it. My best guess was dialect. Thanks.