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•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ ‘āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύāĨ¤ ‘āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇’ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻ•āϤāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“I don’t have time to explain.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

“I don’t have time to eat.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

“I don’t have time to exercise.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

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

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻļā§‹ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

“I don’t have time to talk.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

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.

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āύāĻž, āϝāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻā§‡āύ āύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ ‘āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž’ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“I don’t eat meat.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ āĻ–āĻžāχ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“I don’t like the rain.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“I don’t understand Spanish.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāĻļ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“I do not understand what you are saying.”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“I do not like scary movies.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­ā§€āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“I do not like sports.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϧ⧁āϞāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž.”