what does みやしません mean? what is the や or やし doing here?
I'm reading a children's book (はれ ときどき ぷた) . The boy has asked his mother if she's been reading his diary, and she says no:
「あら、どうして。にっきがどうかしたの?」と、とぼけた。
「いや、べつに。。。」
ぼくは、かあさんのかおをじっくりと、かんさつした。
「みやしませんよ。かあさんのいうことが、しんようできないっていうの?」
The English translation is given as:
"Did something happen to your diary?"
She pretended not to know what I was talking about.
"I wouldn't read your diary, Nori. Don't you even trust your own mother?"
I don't understand the phrase みやしません. I know み means "see" or "look," and I know "ません" is negative, but I don't know what the やし is doing.
Is it や + しません, and if so, what does the や mean?
Thank you! どうもありがとう!
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It's や+しません.
しません:し is a form of する=do and ません means 'not', especially reflecting one's will or active decision. As verb and ません is separated by や, we add し. For example,
たべません→たべやしません
あるきません→あるきやしません
はなしません→はなしやしません
や is used just to put a emphasis , I suppose. I think it is rarely used in conversational Japanese these days. みたりしません sounds more natural. Here, たり plays a role of emphasis on 'see' as well, or just saying みません is completely OK.
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