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Originally "'''AIN'T'''" is a contraction of "are" and "not" - so "ain't" means "are not". | Originally "'''AIN'T'''" is a contraction of "are" and "not" - so "ain't" means "are not". | ||
This is slang language | This is slang language. You will find it a lot in american movies for example. It is familiar language so never write it! | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 30 June 2017
Originally "AIN'T" is a contraction of "are" and "not" - so "ain't" means "are not".
This is slang language. You will find it a lot in american movies for example. It is familiar language so never write it!
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