Use of I don’t have time to + (verb); Day: 11
I don’t have time to + (verb)
The word ‘don’t’ is a contraction of the words ‘do not.’ When adding ‘have time to’ you are simply stating that you have other obligations and all other things considered must wait.
‘āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ ‘āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāύāĨ¤ ‘āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻā§’ āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻŦāϞāĻā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻāϤāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“I don’t have time to explain.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύā§āĻāĨ¤”
“I don’t have time to eat.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύā§āĻāĨ¤”
“I don’t have time to exercise.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύā§āĻāĨ¤”
“I don’t have time to watch my favorite TV show.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύā§āĻāĨ¤”
“I don’t have time to talk.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύā§āĻāĨ¤”
You can also use the phrase ‘I don’t’ to express things you do not like, things you do not understand, or things you do not do.
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰā§āύ āύāĻž, āϝāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻā§āύ āύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ ‘āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻŋ āύāĻž’ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“I don’t eat meat.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāϏ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I don’t like the rain.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I don’t understand Spanish.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāĻļ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I do not understand what you are saying.”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻā§āύ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I do not like scary movies.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I do not like sports.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϧā§āϞāĻž āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻŋ āύāĻž.”