時間はとらせん

Japanese
#1

Hi everyone, I’m trying to crack this expression: ‘時間はとらせん’ that I think shouls mean ‘Don’t waste time/energy’ or something like that. But とらせん really does not ring any bell to me. Is there someone to help me?

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#2

Negative causative of 取る.

Normally I’d read it as “it won’t take long”.

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#3

Hey there！

Just as @nekoyama has stated it is this grammar point in its abbreviated negative form. The non-abbreviated form of 時間はとらせん, would be 時間はとらせない.

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#4

Thanks! I have to get accostumed to the abbreviated forms, that really confuse me often.

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#5

Shortening like that is structurally the same as what we often do in English – “Can you get me a water” vs “Can you get me a bottle of water”, “Sup” vs “What is up”, etc.

…But boy is it hard to figure out sometimes, oof.

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