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![contraction](https://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr17/TarkanKurt1/neg%20contract_zpsuxyka9g4.jpg)

I've encountered the negative contraction several times since I started to
study japanese, and I understand the logic behind the transformation from
開かない/開かぬ to 開かん in the first picture.

A similar transformation seems to occur in the following two sentences, とならん
and ならん. However, when I check the translation the form of the verbs are
positive.

There is something I'm missing and I can't find the key to know the difference
between this similar sounding contractions.
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grammar verbs contractions
Contracted verb: Negative, positive, which one is it and why?
「ならん」has two distinct meanings. The current common meaning is an abbreviation
of ならない・ならぬ with an emphatic nuance. The other is an abbreviation of
「[ならむ](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/165308/meaning/m0u/)」which is an
obsolete equivalent to だろう・であろう - now mostly found in 時代劇。(Your example is the
latter - ならむ)

「あらん」is used in
[religious](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1052862080)
and other [profound
circumstances](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%81%A8%E5%85%B1%E3%81%AB%E3%81%82%E3%82%89%E3%82%93%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8%E3%82%92)
to pray/wish for something good. Also more likely to find あらん in 時代劇
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