Spoken English

Use of I promise not to + (verb); Day: 12

I promise not to + (verb)

When using the word ‘promise’ you are giving your word that what you are saying is true. You might also be assuring someone a guarantee that you will follow thru on what you are saying to them.

‘āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

When using ‘promise not to’ you are stating you will not do a particular thing.

‘āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻž āĻŸā§’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“I promise not to tell.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦā§‹ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I promise not to leave without you.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‹ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I promise not to be so late.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I promise not to hurt your feelings.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I promise not to wake you up.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

You can also just use the word ‘promise’ to assure someone of your intentions.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ ‘āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“I promise I am telling the truth.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I promise to practice my math.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I promise to call you.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I promise I will tell you.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I promise I will come to your party.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŦāĨ¤”