Spoken English

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.

‘āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ ‘āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤ ‘āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡’ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻ•āĻ¤āĻž āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

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

“I don’t have time to explain.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I don’t have time to eat.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I don’t have time to exercise.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I don’t have time to watch my favorite TV show.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻļā§‹ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I don’t have time to talk.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

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.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž’ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‚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 don’t eat meat.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I don’t like the rain.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I don’t understand Spanish.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻļ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I do not understand what you are saying.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I do not like scary movies.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I do not like sports.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž.”