~すまいて after a verb


I've come across this sentence with ~すまいて after a verb. I've never seen it
like that before, but I'm assuming it is a form of ~済まい:

> 「いくらも進んでおりませぬよ。儂の命のあるうちに終わりま **すまいて** 」

> I can't make any progress. It probably won't end during my lifetime.

If it is ~済まい, what does the て do here...?




まい is a somewhat old word with an approximate meaning similar to ～ないだろう
(here). You may or may not have heard the phrase ～じゃあるまいし. It attaches
straight after the dictionary form of godan verbs, and replaces ～る for ichidan
verbs; like with godan verbs, it goes straight after ～ます in polite speech.

This ～て is a sentence ending particle that acts for emphasis, like よ or ぞ.
It's stereotypically associated with older speakers, which, judging by the use
of 儂 and おりませぬ, the speaker is.

And speaking of おりませぬ, it's an old form of おりません, the polite negative of おる,
which is a humble or dialectal form of いる - here used out of an association
with older speakers. It is not potential. The excerpt given says:

> I have made no progress/I am making no progress. Most likely it shall never
> end within my lifetime.

Oh, and in more normal Japanese:

> いくらも進んでいませんよ。私の命のあるうちに終わらないでしょう。




まい is a somewhat old word with an approximate meaning similar to ～ないだろう
(here). You may or may not have heard the phrase ～じゃあるまいし. It attaches
straight after the dictionary form of godan verbs, and replaces ～る for ichidan
verbs; like with godan verbs, it goes straight after ～ます in polite speech.

This ～て is a sentence ending particle that acts for emphasis, like よ or ぞ.
It's stereotypically associated with older speakers, which, judging by the use
of 儂 and おりませぬ, the speaker is.

And speaking of おりませぬ, it's an old form of おりません, the polite negative of おる,
which is a humble or dialectal form of いる - here used out of an association
with older speakers. It is not potential. The excerpt given says:

> I have made no progress/I am making no progress. Most likely it shall never
> end within my lifetime.

Oh, and in more normal Japanese:

> いくらも進んでいませんよ。私の命のあるうちに終わらないでしょう。

