Trouble understanding a sentence, notably 渡さんぞ


> 「積み荷は渡さんぞ、この泥棒めが！」

I have trouble with two parts:

  1. 渡さんぞ, what is the idea for this construction, I just don't understand. It seems like it's coming from 渡す and some kind of mix between the んだ form and ぞ.
  2. 泥棒め, why use め after the noun. Does it have the same function as め after adjectives to say "some kind of", if it does why every lessons only talk about adjectives?

I think it translates to something like "I'm carrying a cargo, you thief!" or
something like that but I don't understand the grammar involved.




I did more digging and I understand it now.

  1. It seems like 渡さん is indeed a shortened version of 渡さない. According to this [thread](https://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5344), you will sound old and formal if you use it, which corresponds to the story since it's an old merchant carrying some kind of caravan.

  2. According to this [post](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/23515/meaning-behind-adding-%E3%82%81-after-someones-name), "め is a suffix of contempt when attached to a noun or another person's name".

With all this in mind, I can confidently say the translation would be: " **I
won't hand the cargo to you, stupid thief!** ". I believe that last が is for
the subject, but it's put at the end to make emphasis on the thief.




I did more digging and I understand it now.

  1. It seems like 渡さん is indeed a shortened version of 渡さない. According to this [thread](https://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5344), you will sound old and formal if you use it, which corresponds to the story since it's an old merchant carrying some kind of caravan.

  2. According to this [post](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/23515/meaning-behind-adding-%E3%82%81-after-someones-name), "め is a suffix of contempt when attached to a noun or another person's name".

With all this in mind, I can confidently say the translation would be: " **I
won't hand the cargo to you, stupid thief!** ". I believe that last が is for
the subject, but it's put at the end to make emphasis on the thief.

