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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

ain't is a contraction of "am/are not" popularized in the early 1700s, combined with the syncopic haplology of a definite article: so still works with the noun part. I agree this doesn't make it easier for people to learn English, but it's not like every other language in the world doesn't have this.