Difference between revisions of "Language/English/Vocabulary/Meaning-of-ain't"

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*I ain't... = I am not  
*I ain't... = I am not  
*You ain't done it = You have not done it
*You ain't done it = You have not done it
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Originally "AIN'T" is a contraction of "are" and "not" - so "ain't" means "are not".

This is slang language and it's never used by those who speak English properly.

Examples:

  • You ain't ... = You are not...
  • You ain't going / You ain't goin' = Your are not going

Subsequently, "ain't " replaces all the declension of the verb "to be" in the present and the negative, as well as the verb "to have" in certain cases:

  • I ain't... = I am not
  • You ain't done it = You have not done it