Sentence ending じょ


> 「この寒いのによく山へなんて行ったねェ。 **そんで、いたの** ？」  
>  You went to places like the mountains often in these cold days, right? And,
> there was...?  
>  「アハハー、 **いたじょいたじょーっ** 。」

Firstly, how should I understand そんで、いたの? Is it like an incomplete question
inviting the listener to finish the sentence? e.g.

> So you went to the zoo and you saw...?  
>  That's right. I saw an elephant.

Secondly, what is the meaning of the じょ/じょー in the response?




そんで、いたの？ (= それで、いたの？) means "And, was (it) there?" "And, did you see/find (it)
there?" そんで is a colloquial, collapsed way of pronouncing それで. The subject for
the verb いた(居た) is left out.

いたじょいたじょ (= いたぞいたぞ) literally means "(It) was there, (it) was there." This is
how 山田くん in anime ちびまる子ちゃん usually talks (e.g. 「～だじょー。」「～したじょー。」 ). I think
young children tend to pronounce the sentence-final particle ～ぞ as ～じょ, though
it could be a regional dialect.

> "(I'm surprised that) You managed to go to the mountains in such a cold day.
> And, was it there? / And, did you find it there?"  
>  "Ahaha, yes, it was there! / yes, I found it there!"

* * *

By the way, the よく means "manage to (do something difficult)", not "often."
Eg:

>   * 君、 **よく** 行ったね。  
>  What a surprise you managed to go.
>   * **よく** まあ無事に帰ってこられましたね。  
>  How lucky you got back safe and sound!
>




そんで、いたの？ (= それで、いたの？) means "And, was (it) there?" "And, did you see/find (it)
there?" そんで is a colloquial, collapsed way of pronouncing それで. The subject for
the verb いた(居た) is left out.

いたじょいたじょ (= いたぞいたぞ) literally means "(It) was there, (it) was there." This is
how 山田くん in anime ちびまる子ちゃん usually talks (e.g. 「～だじょー。」「～したじょー。」 ). I think
young children tend to pronounce the sentence-final particle ～ぞ as ～じょ, though
it could be a regional dialect.

> "(I'm surprised that) You managed to go to the mountains in such a cold day.
> And, was it there? / And, did you find it there?"  
>  "Ahaha, yes, it was there! / yes, I found it there!"

* * *

By the way, the よく means "manage to (do something difficult)", not "often."
Eg:

>   * 君、 **よく** 行ったね。  
>  What a surprise you managed to go.
>   * **よく** まあ無事に帰ってこられましたね。  
>  How lucky you got back safe and sound!
>

