Explanation of どうにもなんない


Could you explain to me how どうにもなんない works ?

I know that どうにも + V + ない = not by any means, but here I have なん in between
instead of a verb.

Context: a boy has just died and is being discouraged to move on to the after
life.

> もちろん死んだんだから、えっちいことだってできないし、そもそも体がないんだから **どうにもなんない** わね

My try:

> Since you are dead, you can't even hook up with anyone ! Since you don't
> have a body, there is nothing you can do

**edit:**

as – istrasci suggested, is is どうにもなんない = どうにもな **ら** ない ？？

I believed before it was どうにもな **に** ない ？




どうにもなんない is a contracted form of どうにもならない, which means "there is no way", "it
amounts to nothing", "hopeless", "to end up being meaningless" etc., depending
on the context.

This contraction pattern is described in general here:
<https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/61959/5010>

So "na **ran** ai" becomes "na **n-n** ai".




どうにもなんない is a contracted form of どうにもならない, which means "there is no way", "it
amounts to nothing", "hopeless", "to end up being meaningless" etc., depending
on the context.

This contraction pattern is described in general here:
<https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/61959/5010>

So "na **ran** ai" becomes "na **n-n** ai".

