Verb conjugations such as 思わん、言えん

Question

I have seen these forms used in manga:

1) いや一概にあほとは言えん

2) そう思わんですか！

3) 入らん人々は...

Are these simply the negative forms, or are they something else?

ん is contracted from ぬ which acts as a negation. – xyzjayne Mar 14 '17 at 17:04 — xyzjayne, Mar 14 '17 at 17:04

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '17 at 17:44

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These are simply contracted forms of the negations of those verbs, i. e. 思わん＝思わぬ／思わない etc.

answered Mar 14 '17 at 17:44

Ben Steffan

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