Vてくれへん／Vてんか

Vtekurehen/Vtenka

Common uses

• Request

Grammar elements

• Vてくれへん／Vてんか

The standard Vてくれない, when used as a request, may become Vてくれへん and Vてんか in Kansai-ben. Vてんか is a shortened form of Vてくれへん, and may be used more by older people.

Kansai-ben vs. Standard

Standard	Vてくれない
Kansai-ben	Vてくれへん(か)* Vてんか

*The question marker か is often attached.

Formation

Vてくれへん(か)

V? (te-form? ) +くれへん+ (か)

Vてんか

V? (te-form?) +ん+か

Examples

Vてくれへん(か)

Standard	これ、持ってくれない？
Kansai-ben	これ、持ってくれへん(か)？
English	Could you hold this for me?

Vてんか

Standard	窓、閉めてくれない？
Kansai-ben	窓、閉めてんか。
English	Could you close the window?