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A character is trying to cross a checkpoint, but an official is asking for a pass. The character answers:
知らん！ 急いでるからはよ通せ。
Using this this StackExchange question I came up with this translation:
"I don't understand! We are in a hurry ???? let us through".
In my understanding, 知らん is short/rough for 知らんない, and 急いでる is 急いで + いる (shortened). 通せ is the "command form" of 通す. The leaves からはよ, that I cannot understand.
Is my translation correct and what does mean からはよ here?
はよ is a dialectal from of はやく (preserved in the standard language somewhat in お早う{おはよう}). The progression went はやく -> はやう -> はよう -> はよ. You'll see this kind of thing with other i-adjectives too, like よろしゅお願いします or よう聞け.
知らん！急いでるからはよ通せ。
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知らない！急いでいるから早く通せ。
I don't care! We're in a hurry, so let us through already.
(I say dialectal, but sometimes this is also role language for old men)
