Use of : I didn’t mean to + (verb); Day: 10
I didn’t mean to + (verb)
The word ‘didn’t’ is a contraction of the words ‘did not’. When using it in a sentence with the words ‘mean to’ you are informing someone that you did something you regret or are sorry for. This could have been a physical, mental or verbal action.
‘āĻāϰā§āύāύāĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ ‘āĻāϰā§āύāύāĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāύāĨ¤ ‘āĻĄāĻŋāĻĄāύāĻ āĻā§’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϤāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāϰā§āϰāĻŋāĻ, āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I didn’t mean to call you so late.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϤ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻāϞ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I didn’t mean to lie about what happened.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻā§ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I didn’t mean to embarrass you.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I didn’t mean to stay out so late.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I did not mean to say those things.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I did not mean to leave you out.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I did not mean to make you confused.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I did not mean to think you were involved.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤”
“I did not mean to cause trouble.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāĨ¤”