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.
‘āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ ‘āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨āĨ¤ ‘āĻĄāĻŋāĻĄāĻ¨āĻ āĻā§’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ:
“I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I didn’t mean to call you so late.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I didn’t mean to lie about what happened.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I didn’t mean to embarrass you.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I didn’t mean to stay out so late.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I did not mean to say those things.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I did not mean to leave you out.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I did not mean to make you confused.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I did not mean to think you were involved.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤”
“I did not mean to cause trouble.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”