What does the word 「ありゃしねえ」mean?


It is a situation which a salesperson announces to a group of people to
attract them to buy his goods.

Here is the full sentence.

こんなお買【か】いどくはどこの世【せ】界【かい】へいったって **ありゃしねえ** よ




You can add focus particles like は or も to verbs, but in order to do so, you
have to split the verb into two parts so that the particle has some place to
go. We'll split the verb into its continuative stem (called 連用形 in Japanese)
and the verb する.

For example:

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    　　忘れる　　  →　忘れ＋する
    　　忘れる＋ **も**　＝　忘れ **も** する
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Or:

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    　　忘れない　　  →　忘れ＋しない
    　　忘れない＋ **は**　＝　忘れ **は** しない
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Your example is a little more complicated for a couple reasons. First of all,
ある has a suppletive negative form. Instead of saying あらない, people just say ない,
almost like the ~~あら~~ has been deleted:

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    　　~~あら~~ ない　　  →　あり＋しない
    　　~~あら~~ ない＋ **は**　＝　あり **は** しない
[/code]

Your example also contains a contraction. The /w/ has dropped from /ri wa/,
which turns it into /ri (y)a/, and this in turn can contract to /rya(a)/:

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    　　~~あら~~ ない　　  →　あり＋しない
    　　~~あら~~ ない＋ **は**　＝　あり **は** しない　→　あ **りゃ** しない
[/code]

And the final /ai/ has been replaced with the colloquial pronunciation /ee/:

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    　　~~あら~~ ない　　  →　あり＋しない
    　　~~あら~~ ない＋ **は**　＝　あり **は** しない　→　あ **りゃ** しない　→　ありゃし **ねえ**
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This is a colloquial and emphatic negative form of ある.




You can add focus particles like は or も to verbs, but in order to do so, you
have to split the verb into two parts so that the particle has some place to
go. We'll split the verb into its continuative stem (called 連用形 in Japanese)
and the verb する.

For example:

[code]

    　　忘れる　　  →　忘れ＋する
    　　忘れる＋ **も**　＝　忘れ **も** する
[/code]

Or:

[code]

    　　忘れない　　  →　忘れ＋しない
    　　忘れない＋ **は**　＝　忘れ **は** しない
[/code]

Your example is a little more complicated for a couple reasons. First of all,
ある has a suppletive negative form. Instead of saying あらない, people just say ない,
almost like the ~~あら~~ has been deleted:

[code]

    　　~~あら~~ ない　　  →　あり＋しない
    　　~~あら~~ ない＋ **は**　＝　あり **は** しない
[/code]

Your example also contains a contraction. The /w/ has dropped from /ri wa/,
which turns it into /ri (y)a/, and this in turn can contract to /rya(a)/:

[code]

    　　~~あら~~ ない　　  →　あり＋しない
    　　~~あら~~ ない＋ **は**　＝　あり **は** しない　→　あ **りゃ** しない
[/code]

And the final /ai/ has been replaced with the colloquial pronunciation /ee/:

[code]

    　　~~あら~~ ない　　  →　あり＋しない
    　　~~あら~~ ない＋ **は**　＝　あり **は** しない　→　あ **りゃ** しない　→　ありゃし **ねえ**
[/code]

This is a colloquial and emphatic negative form of ある.

