完成前とずいぶん色が違うじゃねぇか！
In this sentence, what is じゃねぇか?
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じゃねぇか is just a colloquial form of the tag question じゃないか.
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7Yes it is! じゃねえか comes from じゃないか, which is the colloquial contraction of ではないか？ (in English they would be very similar to: ain't it, isn't it and is it not, respectively)– comeauchCommented Aug 27, 2014 at 12:58
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5What is derogatory about it? It is plain Kanto colloquial.– user4032Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 14:42
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Umm, are you still here? If you have time can you explain me why と particle is being used? "Before completion AND the color not extremely differ!" I must be doing this wrong somewhere. (It's a step-by-step artwork article. This is the 5th step, 05 : 完成)– 5argonCommented Aug 27, 2014 at 17:14
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I'm not 100% sure, hopefully 非回答者 can help you better! Meanwhile, I believe it means "The color is really different compared to before completion, isn't it?" where 完成前と is short for 完成前と比べて (compared to before completion...) For sure, と has a few other uses than "with" (read this! japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa121601a.htm)– comeauchCommented Aug 27, 2014 at 17:56
This doesn't only happen with じゃない > じゃねえ, but generally /ai/ > /ee/, like
きたない > きたねえ
やばい > やべえ
(食{た}べたい = ) 食{く}いたい > 食いてえ
As in the other answer, this is extremely informal and in the wrong context can easily be considered plain rude.
Xと違う = to differ from X
完成前 = before completion
Edit. For completeness, there's also
- /ae/ > /ee/
e.g. お前 > おめえ - /oi/ > /ee/
e.g. すごい > すげえ - /ui/ > /ii/
e.g. さむい > さみい, まずい > まじい
answered Aug 27, 2014 at 18:42
