E eeky 先輩 Joined 8 Jun 2010 Messages 2,431 Reaction score 22 12 Dec 2013 #1 悪いことをしたんじゃから、その償いをせにゃならん。 Is せにゃならん = せなければならない? If so, which せなければ is this?
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 12 Dec 2013 #2 It's from せねばならない. せねば is a negative conditional of す, which is equivalent to しなければ in modern Japanese.
It's from せねばならない. せねば is a negative conditional of す, which is equivalent to しなければ in modern Japanese.
