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.
‘āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ ‘āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨āĨ¤ ‘āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻā§’ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ:
“I don’t have time to explain.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤”
“I don’t have time to eat.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤”
“I don’t have time to exercise.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤”
“I don’t have time to watch my favorite TV show.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤”
“I don’t have time to talk.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§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.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž’ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻļāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ:
“I don’t eat meat.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
“I don’t like the rain.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
“I don’t understand Spanish.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻļ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
“I do not understand what you are saying.”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
“I do not like scary movies.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
“I do not like sports.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž.”