What grammatical form is "食わねえ。" using, and what does it mean?


> 食わねえ。

I didn't understand the above sentence. What is this "ねえ" and why is "食べる" in
the form of "食わ"?




The ねえ is a colloquial form of ～ない (see [Pronouncing ない as ねい / ねえ (also ~oi
to ~ei)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/41395/78)).

And here, the verb is [食]{く}う, not 食べる. 食う is a "more" "familiar" word for
eating.

So you can see that the negative form is 食わない, and the ねえ makes it super
slangy.




The ねえ is a colloquial form of ～ない (see [Pronouncing ない as ねい / ねえ (also ~oi
to ~ei)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/41395/78)).

And here, the verb is [食]{く}う, not 食べる. 食う is a "more" "familiar" word for
eating.

So you can see that the negative form is 食わない, and the ねえ makes it super
slangy.

