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So I was wondering this arcaic means of expressing volitional in Japanese, and
the question comes up: Can a native japanese distinguish between ん-negative
and ん-volitional in a phrase without or with insufficient context? Is there a
special conjugation for ん-volitional for this purpose?
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Question about ん-volitional
In modern Japanese, the ん-volitional is used only in a few fixed expressions
such as 言わんとすること. It is almost always followed by とする.

The ん-negative is not normally used in standard Japanese to begin with but
only in certain dialects. Form-wise, it may be followed by と but not by とする.

Though I happen to have grown up speaking a dialect in which the ん-negative is
the norm, I cannot think of a situation where the two might be confused.
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