Spoken English

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.

‘āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ ‘āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύāĨ¤ ‘āĻĄāĻŋāĻĄāύāϟ āϟ⧁’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϤāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻŋāĻ•, āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāĻ–āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I didn’t mean to call you so late.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I didn’t mean to lie about what happened.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻž āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I didn’t mean to embarrass you.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I didn’t mean to stay out so late.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I did not mean to say those things.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I did not mean to leave you out.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I did not mean to make you confused.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I did not mean to think you were involved.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤”

“I did not mean to cause trouble.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϞāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤”