Use of やと in 「日本人やとそれが当たり前やから、いまいちわからない」？


I understand や = だ in Kansai-ben but I don’t understand what either やと or だと
would mean here. I’m guessing the meaning is close to “For Japanese people
that is normal so I don’t understand.” Thanks!!!




This や/だ is a copula, and と is a condition marker ("if/when"). See:
[Differences among -たら、なら、-んだったら、-えば,
etc](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/393/5010)

Therefore this 日本人だと is interchangeable with 日本人だったら or 日本人なら. A more literal
translation would be "if it were (the case of) Japanese", but your translation
is also fine.

