How to use the word AIN'T in English (slang lesson)

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  • @tiagoaguiar6848
    @tiagoaguiar6848 11 лет назад +194

    "Ain't" can also be used as substitute to "there isn't" and "there aren't" like: Ain't no people in the street.

    • @vitz9352
      @vitz9352 4 года назад +6

      Can I say There ain't people in the street ?

    • @kylbarry4466
      @kylbarry4466 4 года назад +14

      @@vitz9352 i'd say "there ain't any" or "there aint many" example while talking to my friend jack while clubbin "There aint any talent out t'nite jack, nuffin but butterskets." for your sentence you can say "There ain't many people out in the streets tonight" or "There ain't any people out in the streets today." you don't really use ain't for a basic statement for "there ain't people in the street" you'd just use "There aren't people in the street" "Ain't no people in the street." sounds more natural than "There ain't people in the street" you wanna drop the "There" when it's obvious in that statement. still a weird sentence that woudn't really be said like that anyway if you're talking about how there's no one in the street you wouldn't say "no people" you'd say no one or there ain't anyone, i'd say "There ain't anyone in the streets." or There's no one in the streets" this sounds the most natural to me and if there was only a few, less than normal i'd go with the observation of, "Not many people out (in the streets) (temporal noun - today, tonight etc)." e.g "Not many people out tonight." or "No one's out tonight" and "Ain't many out tonight." or "Ain't anyone out tonight." which one you use depends on whether you wanna note how theres none or not many, you can exaggerate that there's none when there's not many, this is common and works fine. This would be the most native thing i expect someone to say in england where i live. you can add the "there you wanted to use infront of the Ain't examples ^ and There's infront of the not/no examples^, i'd personally not include them since it's "There/There's" is implied by context - native londoner

    • @vitz9352
      @vitz9352 4 года назад +2

      @@kylbarry4466 Thanks man, is that gramaticaly right ? "There ain't people in the street."

    • @kylbarry4466
      @kylbarry4466 4 года назад +1

      @@vitz9352 technically yes, wouldn't really hear it said like that though

    • @English-ug2cs
      @English-ug2cs 4 года назад +1

      No

  • @loffeine3454
    @loffeine3454 7 лет назад +179

    I ain't angry at the blanks in the audio.

  • @engvidAlex
    @engvidAlex  9 лет назад +16

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    • @MetalDetectingRussia
      @MetalDetectingRussia 8 лет назад +1

      +English Lessons with Alex (engVid AlexESLvid) THANK YOU ALEX! Very useful.
      I noticed double negative in movies and I didn't understand it so good.
      You explained it very well.
      Thanks once again!

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 6 лет назад +21

    The first time I've read "I ain't done nothing" my mind literally melted.

  • @efraimbuzo7245
    @efraimbuzo7245 9 лет назад +139

    The audio ain't that good, but the video explanation is great and useful. Congrats Alex!

    • @English-ug2cs
      @English-ug2cs 4 года назад +5

      Mistake student ain't can be be spoken but not be written so accordingly you are a completely mistaken
      A native English speaker

    • @AntonioSilva-zl9lk
      @AntonioSilva-zl9lk 2 года назад +5

      @@English-ug2cs the guy was just joking with the "aint" and describing his point of view about the video

    • @davidflorez1196
      @davidflorez1196 2 года назад

      @@AntonioSilva-zl9lk although it was great to know that it can only be used spoken

    • @AntonioSilva-zl9lk
      @AntonioSilva-zl9lk 2 года назад

      @@davidflorez1196 well its not a rule tho at least from what i can tell seeing a lot of people using "aint" writing too

  • @iamwatcher2459
    @iamwatcher2459 4 года назад +1

    I am living in this world almost 2 decades. Those years I found out that "Ain't" is also used for "not". Well I ain't regret after all I watched this video. Thanks for this kind of lesson😊

  • @RIanCold
    @RIanCold 3 года назад +9

    Nice, concise explanation Alex. It ain't bad at all. "Ain't" is a wonderfully incorrect example of the English language. It's a fantastic example of how the English language reflects the way people speak in normal life.

  • @AndresSalas
    @AndresSalas 8 лет назад +3

    I'm learning English, and this video was the first that completely understand, thanks for you information. I come back.

  • @aldoyosbel1728397263
    @aldoyosbel1728397263 9 лет назад +7

    You are doing a really good job with all your video. I do work 8 hour at day, when I'm working, I use to listen your videos. Can u imagine how many peoples like me are learning from you. Thanks

    • @simona.1795
      @simona.1795 7 лет назад

      "when I'm working" is a grammar mistake?

  • @LuisVazquez-nd3js
    @LuisVazquez-nd3js 2 года назад +1

    "I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed" 🎶 xD
    I was practicing listening to sherk songs but i didn't know what was the meaning of "ain't". but now i know thanks to this video. 👍

  • @ArkyStano
    @ArkyStano 11 лет назад +84

    Ain't nobody got time for this.

    • @masumonmas4229
      @masumonmas4229 3 года назад +1

      Ain't anybody.

    • @JTG313
      @JTG313 7 месяцев назад

      Thats sounds so hard to say to me. Its sounds extra saying to a words back to back. Like that. ​@masumonmas4229

  • @MasterBott01
    @MasterBott01 13 лет назад +1

    @georgeulyanov Remember ain't also equals have not thus ain't got = haven't got.
    Americans usually don't say "I haven't got a watch." They say I don't have a watch" but either one is grammatically ok. However, in slang, they tend to say "I ain't got" which really equates with "I haven't got."
    One more thing, most Americans also don't tend to say the past participle form of the verb "Get" as in Gotten so when they say "I haven't got home yet it means haven't gotten.
    Hope it helps!

    • @CindyHuertaDocenteCFT
      @CindyHuertaDocenteCFT Год назад

      I totally agree. In the teacher's example... He ain't got a car. I thought the equivalent would be: He hasn't got a car. I also thought that for Americans it would be more natural to say: He doesn't have a car.

  • @dylanhollowell6478
    @dylanhollowell6478 7 лет назад +1

    As a native Southerner, I think the best way to understand how to use ain't is to think of it as a negator just like in Spanish when you negate a verb with 'no,' but you use ain't instead of no.

  • @jonhsontommy3032
    @jonhsontommy3032 12 лет назад +1

    the lesson he provides us with is so useful!!!

  • @carolinamartell4306
    @carolinamartell4306 8 лет назад +13

    I looooooved your lessons :D
    very understandable, clear and right to the point.
    Already suscribed!

  • @rhvc2734
    @rhvc2734 5 лет назад +1

    The double negatives really did confused me,
    UNTIL NOW!!!!
    Thankyou so much

  • @katalinmartonnenagy310
    @katalinmartonnenagy310 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks Alex, very useful lesson! In George Michaels's song 'One more try' there is: "It ain't no joy .." - double negative

  • @rodrigomunizzzz
    @rodrigomunizzzz 9 лет назад +7

    This helped me a lot, thanks teacher! I'm totally following your channel.

  • @qney2734
    @qney2734 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for this educational, you deserve more support!

  • @justinaid1812
    @justinaid1812 2 года назад +2

    “Ain’t” sounds cool ! Thanks for your explanation 😀👍

  • @FranciscaGeribello
    @FranciscaGeribello 4 года назад

    I do enjoy your lessons. You should ignore deleting the silly comments that don’t add anything, just try to destroy the fantastic work you do. People come here to speak about the audio, to say that they will not watch your videos anymore... implement they don’t watch if you don’t add anything. No one will ever please everyone. Youy way of explaining is useful and always clarifies my doubts. Continue on that path. And thanks so much!

  • @justusirmscher3066
    @justusirmscher3066 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for explaining the word ain't quick and compact. I have learned more from this video as in 2 hours english lesson

  • @BiancaACM
    @BiancaACM 8 лет назад +12

    Thank you so much, your explanation is very clear, and is much easier than I thought. :)

    • @wilsonsantos4554
      @wilsonsantos4554 8 лет назад +1

      Yep, me too, I thought that would be very difficult to learn, but seems that we use this very often in portuguese and we don't even realize.

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 6 лет назад

    It's so hard to find teachers like you.

  • @marklister5300
    @marklister5300 9 месяцев назад

    I haven't used ain't in like year's. Itvwas a beautiful effective verb.

  • @RaincloudPlay
    @RaincloudPlay 12 лет назад

    Why do I watch these if English is my first language? But I've now found a love for answering peoples questions.

  • @benjaminmoreno3434
    @benjaminmoreno3434 7 месяцев назад +1

    Muy buena explicación...muy clara. Gracias

  • @lucyr.7962
    @lucyr.7962 9 лет назад +4

    Great explanation!!! thanks a lot, I had always had problems using that word. Greetings from Colombia!

  • @AlwaysSmilePeople
    @AlwaysSmilePeople 9 лет назад +9

    so the conclusion would be everything relates with 'ain't' simply means a 'no/not'. Thanks for clearing my confusion. Since this 'ain't' is not a necessary in formal writing/speaking, i just think that a non-native speaker like me has no need to use it at the first place while getting in any conversation next time. It's enough for me just getting to understand to someone that using this kind of word in any of his/her sentences. Have a good day Sir Alex.

  • @jegor.menkov
    @jegor.menkov 2 года назад

    Alex, thanks for the lesson! I watch this TV show called "Breaking Bad". One of the characters use this word often. Now I know what does he mean.

  • @marys7988
    @marys7988 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for the video. I ain’t disappointed 😁

  • @nanfeiyin9018
    @nanfeiyin9018 9 лет назад +1

    a good teacher ,thank you.

  • @pramoddevaki1105
    @pramoddevaki1105 8 лет назад +3

    Amazing lesson sir!! I really enjoyed it alot! Especially the naughty part of 'double negative'. Too nice!

  • @Chiara41069
    @Chiara41069 10 лет назад +7

    Very interesting I was searching for a video like this, I am Italian and I was interesting to learn ain't where I hear in all Country songs, thank you now I ndestood ;-)

  • @MrAssasian99
    @MrAssasian99 11 лет назад +1

    thanks a lott. but im a bit confused with what you said at the end...... well i've got a question this is about phrasal verb. i was watching a movie and first they said... turn on the lights... and then they said turn the lights on....can you explain me this pls. how can i use phrasal verbs..... thanks and greetingss.

  • @قناةتجربةالمنتجات
    @قناةتجربةالمنتجات 2 года назад

    فيديو لقيته بالصدفة
    وعجبني شرحه ولهذا اشتركت بقناته وعملت له إعجاب
    لأن نطقه بهدوء ولا يسرع في الكلام ولهذا عجبني

  • @humbleugoo8306
    @humbleugoo8306 2 года назад

    I've learned something new. Thank you!

  • @jamesarmstrong3000
    @jamesarmstrong3000 4 года назад

    The last one is for me, I've been a long time to search for the right answer, it really fucks with me.

  • @alvanicalheiros4718
    @alvanicalheiros4718 5 лет назад

    You are the best teacher ever! 👏🏾 🇧🇷

  • @alfredosolis9781
    @alfredosolis9781 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great video

  • @bts-livingangels
    @bts-livingangels 4 года назад

    I ain't such a knowledge like you sir.. Thank u so much

  • @joaoaccioli
    @joaoaccioli 12 лет назад

    Those tips are extremely useful. Thanks alot!!!!

  • @abusmadi66
    @abusmadi66 12 лет назад +1

    thank u that was a very useful lesson

  • @thonyluna_
    @thonyluna_ 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you for your videos, you've really helped me a lot!
    Keep going doing this!
    God bless you!

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  6 лет назад +1

      I don't plan on stopping. Thanks for studying with me.

  • @feschber
    @feschber 8 лет назад +2

    thank you :) finally got what it actually means

  • @erikmonroe1699
    @erikmonroe1699 9 лет назад +2

    Thank you for this lesson... It helped me to understand more this word 😁

  • @dansanger5340
    @dansanger5340 5 лет назад

    It's also common to hear "He ain't got no car" and it means exactly the same thing as "He ain't got a car." They both mean "He doesn't have a car."

  • @realjuvelive
    @realjuvelive 13 лет назад

    I ain't used ain't ..now I get it thanks!

  • @007fadelolwy
    @007fadelolwy 11 лет назад +1

    great lesson, greeting from el salvador

  • @cuauhtemocrodriguez3187
    @cuauhtemocrodriguez3187 8 лет назад +1

    i was looking for this word thanks

  • @Onlinehimik
    @Onlinehimik 2 года назад

    This video in 2011. The sound is normal. I have my video recording of my webinar in 2012, the sound is worse there! Alex, this is your story and your progress. 🤝

  • @afriditimes
    @afriditimes 13 лет назад

    i did downloaded ur all uploaded videos, its really helpful...

  • @ragheb1442
    @ragheb1442 4 года назад +1

    Thank you I was confused about it

  • @latinconcept
    @latinconcept 9 лет назад +1

    Thanks man!!! Awesome explanation!

  • @MrStrinzio666
    @MrStrinzio666 11 лет назад

    great lessons they all are very useful. thanks

  • @sevenedus
    @sevenedus Год назад

    Thanks for the explanation

  • @manojaved8321
    @manojaved8321 5 лет назад

    Clear my all confusing thanks sir !!!

  • @rekhag2670
    @rekhag2670 5 лет назад

    Thank you very much for explaining this word

  • @jacksonjames1368
    @jacksonjames1368 4 года назад

    That was useful, cuz i can speak n have no problem on that .. but sometimes i can not understand some slang expressions " ain't" was one of them .. so, yeah .

  • @Akudama78
    @Akudama78 3 месяца назад

    Glad to see you sometimes use double negatives like we do in russian.

  • @Minas798
    @Minas798 12 лет назад

    thank you Alex, you are the best teacher!

  • @aqua4016
    @aqua4016 8 лет назад +1

    Wishing "Ain't" could be a substitute for those ones in written English as well so that it would be less hard for English learners. Hopefully, some day "Ain't" here, "Ain't" there, "Ain't every where.

  • @baryreque4418
    @baryreque4418 5 лет назад

    Good lesson, thanks

  • @TheBr0ws3r
    @TheBr0ws3r 10 лет назад +1

    which one is correct? - You’re not my friend no more. - You’re not my friend anymore. I think both ! I often hear NO+things with ain't ! ain't nobody ... I ain't got (no) money . So can I say this (no) is optional and it just and emphasis?

    • @huazon9
      @huazon9 10 лет назад +2

      The second.
      Not the first cruz its a double negation.

    • @VenusJefferson
      @VenusJefferson 9 лет назад +1

      You're not my friend anymore

  • @leo1907
    @leo1907 12 лет назад

    I think that in the third example "ain't" should be replaced by "hasn't because the correct sentence for me is: He hasn't got a car which is the same to say: he doesn't have a car.

  • @PoojaYadav-py3jf
    @PoojaYadav-py3jf 4 года назад

    I ain't going to stop learning!

  • @Jesusmirey26
    @Jesusmirey26 9 лет назад

    I love the way you teach so much though the audio ain't well this time.

  • @travelhey
    @travelhey 8 лет назад +1

    this is a good explanation about " Ain't "!!! thanks teacher :-)

  • @lekhavlekhav9882
    @lekhavlekhav9882 6 лет назад

    I ain't hungry anymore.. Right.. Tq so much for Such a nice lesson

  • @wilsonsantos4554
    @wilsonsantos4554 8 лет назад +1

    Thanks mate! helped me a lot, I was very confusing about this auxiliary.

  • @kurosakyengel8549
    @kurosakyengel8549 6 лет назад

    People can get confused when you say that ( ain't replaces Do/Does) like in the example He ain't got a car but in fact it doesn't replace (Does) , it replaces (hasn't) Because we can not replace it for ( Do/Does). I cannot say( I ain't love her) because I am replacing (don't) and that's not right so Basically (Ain't) can replace just ( am not, is not, are not, has not, and have not).

  • @hamariah1
    @hamariah1 12 лет назад

    Love your lessons!

  • @jitu841
    @jitu841 13 лет назад

    hi sir i luv watching ur videos bt i hav a question tht is wht is d meaning of gotta go ?

  • @thando5425
    @thando5425 Год назад

    Hie, thanks for the video,, is it the same to say,, ain't you feeling cold and are you not feeling cold?

  • @anupsingh5858
    @anupsingh5858 7 лет назад +1

    use of ain't according to context
    got it.

  • @157tty
    @157tty 10 лет назад +16

    i ain't mad at cha

    • @treygc3291
      @treygc3291 5 лет назад

      I ain't never mad at nobody who tries to explain our slang.

  • @Anxemid
    @Anxemid 5 лет назад +1

    Good work

  • @YELLOW_CROCODILE450
    @YELLOW_CROCODILE450 9 лет назад +1

    thanks I appreciated that this is a good explanation

  • @GeraldoSimoes-sh1rs
    @GeraldoSimoes-sh1rs 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks Alex!

  • @letshaveabreak
    @letshaveabreak 12 лет назад

    Very good video on "ain't"!

  • @BlackDembelMP
    @BlackDembelMP 3 года назад +1

    Hi Alex!
    Hope you are doing well!
    I've watched the video and that seems very beneficial for me, thank you for that! But other days I listened to an AC/DC song, and there were strings:
    I've been around the world
    I've seen a million girls
    Ain't one of them got
    What my lady she's got
    Looking at this "Ain't one of them got" it looks like ain't could be a replacement for No itself. Am I right? If so, is it common for Australians, or it's used widely by the whole English world?
    Thank you!

  • @nurhidayahkarim2977
    @nurhidayahkarim2977 9 лет назад +1

    clearly explained. tq

  • @ankujkumar
    @ankujkumar 4 года назад +1

    Awesome sir...❤️❤️

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  4 года назад

      Thanks! I’m glad it was useful for you.

  • @victorjunco
    @victorjunco 13 лет назад

    I'd like to listen a class about what've how'd should've and stuff I dont understand them and I dont can speak them

  • @debashispanigrahi8187
    @debashispanigrahi8187 2 года назад

    You ain't done any bad to our English lang insted you helped us

  • @SuperCancun1
    @SuperCancun1 7 лет назад

    thank you amigo you are the best

  • @TheJoshtheboss
    @TheJoshtheboss 11 лет назад +1

    Huh? Since when is "have/has not got ; haven't/hasn't got" unacceptable as negations?

  • @ahmedeid7247
    @ahmedeid7247 7 лет назад

    you are a great teacher

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  7 лет назад

      Thank you, Mr Ahmed Eid. I appreciate your kind feedback.

  • @bojanlalic8336
    @bojanlalic8336 Год назад

    Thanks Alex for your explanation.
    Should sentence Number 3. be translated in "Past tense" instead in Present? "I didn't get a car"? Or this is incorect?
    Thanks.

  • @smithGBH
    @smithGBH 6 месяцев назад

    A great lesson

  • @cg0825
    @cg0825 Год назад +1

    Growing up kids would say Never say ain't. Ain't ain't a word. Ain't ain't in the dictionary. They were all wrong

    • @marklister5300
      @marklister5300 9 месяцев назад +1

      Saying ain't was not considered a word. You'd get bitches at for saying ain't. In school in the 80s

  • @arielgarita781
    @arielgarita781 8 лет назад +1

    I've seen in some lyrics that it says (ain't) but without subject, for example, there's a song called: "Ain't nobody" so in this case...?

    • @makeitbig0966
      @makeitbig0966 8 лет назад +4

      "Ain't nobody" means "There isn't anybody". The song that says "Ain't nobody does it better than you" means "There isn't anyone who does it better than you." There's also a well-known video that says "Ain't nobody got time for that", which means "There isn't anybody who has got time for that", or "Nobody has got time for that".

    • @arielgarita781
      @arielgarita781 8 лет назад +1

      Now it's clear, thank you so much!

  • @5josei
    @5josei 11 лет назад +3

    hello teacher i almost get it but you didn't mention if we can use it "ain't" in past form

  • @omerbulgurcu1770
    @omerbulgurcu1770 2 года назад

    Is there any problem in "If I ain't watched this video, I would have been thinking about this build all the time." ? I used "ain't" instead of "hadn't".

  • @claudiazeron1878
    @claudiazeron1878 6 лет назад

    this was so clear, thank you so much!

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  6 лет назад

      You're very welcome! I'm glad it was clear.

  • @sinsenpai
    @sinsenpai 2 года назад

    Thank you very much!!!

  • @michaelluvu7117
    @michaelluvu7117 3 года назад

    hi i think the word ain't pronounced in three ways first is with stop t like in blunt second is with dropping the t completely because for example you can say doesn't with stop t or with dropping the t fully third option is i guess reduced and it sounds kind of like the word in with dropping the t fully just in for instance this ain't right after reducing it becomes something like [this in right] you say in really quickly and lightly am i right?

  • @shikuzo
    @shikuzo 3 года назад

    thanks that helped me !

  • @cougar336
    @cougar336 5 лет назад

    Hey Alex in the example "He ain't got a car and you change ain't for doesn't have why? Instead of has not got! He has not got a car! If the example is He ain't have a car then you right he doesn't have a car. What do you think??

  • @shreyakantaria8395
    @shreyakantaria8395 9 лет назад +1

    Thanks!