Manga: Taiho Shichau zo 逮捕しちゃうぞ (Chapter 22, 問答無用のチューンアップじいさん)
Translation
- Context: an old man gets stopped by a couple of policewomen for not obeying a traffic sign.
- washa {anta-ra ga umareru} mae kara unten shitoru-n-ja
わしゃあんたらが生まれる前から運転しとるんじゃ
I have been driving since {before you [two] were born}.- washa わしゃ - a contraction of washi wa わしは.
- shitoru - a contraction of shite-oru しておる, in this case synonymous with shite-iru している.
- ja じゃ - same as the da だ copula, typically used by old men.
- {washi ga menkyo wo totta} koro niwa anna hyoushiki φ nakatta zo!!
わしが免許を取った頃には あんな標識なかったぞ！！
When {I took [my] license} that [traffic] sign didn't exist!!
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