ain't
(Redirigido desde «ain’t»)
Inglés[editar]
ain't | |
Reino Unido (AFI) | /eɪnt/ /ɪnt/ /ɛnt/ /ænt/ |
EE. UU. (AFI) | /eɪnt/ ⓘ |
Etimología[editar]
De an't, y este reducción de amn't, contracción de am not
Contracción[editar]
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- Contracción de cualquiera de los verbos auxiliares be, do o have y el adverbio de negación not
- Uso: Coloquial
- Ejemplos:
- "If you ain't aware of being sick, you ain't going to bother with a doctor, are you?" Roberts, Kenneth (1947 [1933]) Rabble in arms. Camden, Maine: Down East, p. 55
- "You ain't got a clue what I been through for you. I carried you, Lawrence. I kept you inside of me for a long time." Clayton Southers, Mark (2007) "Ma Noah". En: Smith, Chuck (ed.) Best black plays: the Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, p. 134