What ならねー means?

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I am playing a game. I sit in an empty train and character says:

ホント、よく廃線にならねーよな

I don't know what naranēyona should mean.

I am just speculating, that it might mean "Really, It can be abandoned that's okay".

Google translate says it is: "Really, It is often abolished line" Which checks out with what I was thinking, but still don't know, what ならねー means.

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Checking Google Translate wastes your time and leaves you worse off than if you’d never checked it. — , Apr 23 '19 at 15:58

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 23 '19 at 16:41

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ならねー is a very informal, kind of slang-y shift in pronunciation of ならない.

You'll often see diphthong (two-vowel) portions of words flattened into monophthong (single-vowel) variants in informal speech. Additional examples you might encounter:

すごい → すげー
たかい → たけー
わからない → わからねー → わかんねー

The ねー ending seems to be the most common spelling, but depending on the writer, you might also see (in rough order of frequency) ねえ, ねぇ, or ねい.

edited Apr 23 '19 at 16:41

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answered Apr 23 '19 at 15:42

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Thank you very much. This now makes sense :) – SkillGG Apr 23 '19 at 18:04

What ならねー means?

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