Ain't is a word we will mainly use in spoken English and it's used very informally and it shows a negative.
We can use it with a noun and say, for example:
- I ain't got any money
and this would mean
- I haven't got any money.
We can also use it with the continuous tense and say:
- I ain 't speaking to them
and this would mean:
- I am not speaking to them
and this implies that maybe you've had a disagreement and have fallen out.
We'll also use it with adjectives and say for example:
- I ain't hungry
again meaning that
- I am not hungry
So as you can see "ain't' shows a negative. As a real informal and colloquial saying, you may hear some people say something like
- I ain't got no money!
Now, this is a double negative and if You have a double negative it will normally mean a positive, but here it still remains a negative.! So jst be careful with that.
So I ain' t' is a negative for the auxiliary or helping verbs 'have' and 'be'. and remember only use in informal situations.
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