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I just read a sketch written by 又吉 直樹さん, and here is a sentence:
動かんからエネルギーは消耗せえへんし腹減らんねん。
The part of 消耗せえへんし makes me feel a little confused. I probably know it means “doesn’t consume much so”, but I wanna know the specific grammatical instructions. Is this a Kansai-ben expression?
Yes, it is Kansai-ben.
動かんからエネルギーは消耗せえへんし腹減らんねん。
means
動かないからエネルギーは消耗しないし腹が減らないのだ。
エネルギーは消耗せえへん means エネルギーは(← は replacing を)消耗しない, "I don't consume energy".
