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  • Soniaundefined Offline
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    Despite what superking said, Jaivez was completely right. Dattebayo has NO actual meaning and is just tagged to the end of narutos sentences, its just like his dialect.
    Narutos style is (verb stem)tte bayo! For instance, wakattebayo is I get it already or nan dattebayo is What (the heck) is that?

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      Directly derived from an actual interview with the creator himself, Masashi kishimoto.
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      Is Narutos favorite phrase, dattebayo modeled on anything?

      K: That isnt really modeled on anything either. When I thought of childlike
      speech, dattebayo instantly came to mind. Its like its become a part of
      Naruto, and even now it brings out his mischievousness.
      (End quote)
      I guess its just up to fans to determine for themselves what it truly means...

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        In the Japanese versions, Naruto often ends his sentences with dattebayo or (verb)-ttebayo, and as such Naruto has a unique style of speech. In the Japanese language, an ending can be added with no meaning to make the tone sound more tough, childish, girlish, or many other changes depending on the many existing endings. -ttebayo, which is not a well-known ending, has no literal meaning and cannot be translated, but carries the connotations of the speaker being uncultured, brusque, and seeming tougher than they really are.In the English anime and video games, he often says Believe it! to fit with the mouth flaps of -ttebayo.

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          A word often said by Naruto (from the anime/manga Naruto) at the end of his sentences, it has no actual meaning. Its much like Kenshins (of Rurouni Kenshin)De-gozaru-yo.

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            1. The fansubbers from the US that fansub [Naruto] [Naruto Shippuuden] and [Bleach]. Without them half of the world would die of boredom and anime conventions would all be cancelled.
            2. A phrase said by uzumaki naruto in the [Naruto] and [Naruto Shippuuden] series. Has no meaning in any way and is also clarified by dattebayo that the phrase means nothing at all
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              dattebayo the word that naruto often ends his sentances with. verbaly, it is said as -ttebayo
              dattebayo has no real meaning, and the closest english equivelent is a pirates arrgh!
              in the english dub (which is constantly plauged by crazed otaku, despite it being an excelent dub and true to the original)it is translated as belive it! in order for the mouth flaps to fit.
              The specific dattebayo is not well known to even much of the Japanese native population.
              The dattebayo specific ending can be considered a colloquial verb ending that makes the speaker sound uncultured, brusque, and trying to seem tougher than they really are.

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                A non-profit fansubbing group with an almost frightening sense of humor and a rather amusing tendency to release several troll episodes from time to time. Currently in charge of mainly Naruto and Bleach. Very well-known as compared to most fansubbing circles.

                A word Uzumaki Naruto from the anime series, Naruto, has a habit of adding into his sentence. It has no meaning whatsoever. The mangaka, Masashi Kishimoto, states that he carved it into Narutos personality in hopes of making him seem more childish and playful. Naruto gradually reduces the frequency of using this word after the timeskip.

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                  A phrase said by Naruto form the hit anime.
                  Mistakenly translated as believe it, to a speaker of Japanese, this word is gibberish, but its made up of suffixes and prefixes that basically define Naruto as a [hillbilly].
                  Da translates to a very informal to be
                  -tte is an rural and uncommon version of -to, meaning like that or in that case
                  -ba is an older conditional ending, like if, then it could
                  -yo is an informal word meaning I tell you and comes off as arrogant.
                  Basically it translates (nonsensically) to If in that case, it could be, I tell you!
                  When Naruto says this, any Japanese person sees him as a know-it-all fool.

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                    Dattebayo, comes from the combination of DATTEBA and YO which is usually used separately from each other to stress or strengthen what is said immediately before its addition. It is used when someone is passionate about what he/she says. It can carry the feeling of exacerbation, annoyance, conviction, excitement or shock depending on what it is used with.

                    It is a favorite phrase of Naruto which expresses his personality as being over passionate about everything he says. He tends over use it when he speaks as it is most likely a habit that he cant break.

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                    • Soniaundefined Sonia

                      Despite what superking said, Jaivez was completely right. Dattebayo has NO actual meaning and is just tagged to the end of narutos sentences, its just like his dialect.
                      Narutos style is (verb stem)tte bayo! For instance, wakattebayo is I get it already or nan dattebayo is What (the heck) is that?

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                      @Sonia wrong it means believe it.

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