Didn't Meaning in English

word · lemma: do not

US

/ˈdɪdən/, /ˈdɪdənt/, /ˈdɪdnt/, /ˈdɪnt/

DID-nt, DID-uhnt, DID-nt, DINT

UK

/ˈdɪdnt/

DID-nt

التعريف

'Didn't' is the contraction of 'did not' and is used to make negative sentences in the past tense.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Used in informal and formal English. Always follows the auxiliary 'did' for past negative. Commonly confused with 'doesn't' (present tense). It's a contraction, so it's more common in speech and casual writing.

• Spanish: no (pasado de 'hacer' en negación)
• Portuguese (BR): não (pasado de 'fazer' en negación)
• Portuguese (PT): não (pretérito negativo de 'fazer')
• Chinese (Simplified): 没 (do 的否定过去式)
• Chinese (Traditional): 沒 (do 的否定過去式)
• Hindi: नहीं किया (do का नकारात्मक भूतकाल)
• Arabic: لم (النفي الماضي للفعل 'do')
• Bengali: করিনি - হয়নি
• Russian: не
• Japanese: しなかった
• Vietnamese: không - đã không
• Korean: 않았다
• Turkish: yapmadı
• Urdu: نہیں کیا
• Indonesian: tidak - tidaklah

جمل نموذجية

I didn't go to school yesterday.

basic

She didn't like the movie.

basic

We didn't finish our homework.

basic

I didn't think you'd come!

natural

She said she didn't know about the party.

natural

They didn't expect such a big crowd.

natural