Japanese


6
Nov 06

Nani wo shite yaganda

Looking through my Japanese notes today, I came across a little phrase from a movie. It’s long ago, but I remember that it’s from Nippon Ichi Goma Suri Otoko, 日本一ゴマすり男, one of the Nippon Ichiban series.

何をしてやがんだ!

it’s the same as

何をしてる!

or an exclamation, what the hell are you doing! My teacher explained the roots to me, it comes from this

何をしていやがるんだ!

chop off the ru ending and put in yagaru. This makes is more colloquial. This one’s got the 2nd ru from yagaru chopped off too, to make it even more colloquial.