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I'm reading a Japanese manga and I found this "maybe" slang sentence. A female character is asked to perform as actress in a school movie and her answer is:
"えーー女優とか、やったことないしなー"
My guess is "An actress? I've never done it" but the grammar meaning looks obscure. Maybe I'm wrong but two negations arise: "ない" and "しなー." I think it's a contraction coming from "しない" or "しなかった". Probably some particles have been omitted too.
しなー isn't a contracted negation. Rather, you have the sentence ending particle な preceded by し, which indicates a partial list of reasons.
Given the usage of the particles my understanding is as follows:
Whaaat? But I haven't acted before (among other reasons).
Note that the な at the end of the sentence also indicates that she isn't super confident in her ability either.
