I came across this while one person is asking another about playing video games. I can't figure out the くない (くんない) as a て-form verb ending.
2011-09-19, 8:59 am
2011-09-19, 9:02 am
You may see it as a spoken form of くれない, which is the negative form of くれる (i.e., くれる + ない = くれない). It's more informal and slightly slangy.
2011-09-19, 9:16 am
This shortening of a -ru + n sound to -nn is common. You see こっちくんな (こっち来るな), or どうすんの? (どうするの?) for instance. Just this morning a man saw me eating a nattomaki and asked 納豆くえんのか? (納豆食えるのか?)
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2011-09-19, 1:24 pm
Thanks for the help. I was wondering if it was a contraction or slang since I couldn't find anything in my references.

