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•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ ‘āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤ ‘āĻĄāĻŋāĻĄāĻ¨āĻŸ āĻŸā§’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻƒāĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§€āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāĻ–āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

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

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

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I didn’t mean to call you so late.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻ°ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

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

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I didn’t mean to embarrass you.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I didn’t mean to stay out so late.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I did not mean to say those things.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I did not mean to leave you out.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ›ā§‡āĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I did not mean to make you confused.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

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

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“I did not mean to cause trouble.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”