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Hello everybody.I wont to know what means¨ain´t¨in English.¿When i can use that word?
Thanks in advance.
Boby
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It's an informal, mostly American, version of "isn't".
(Typically, "isn't any" becomes "ain't no", which is a double negative but that ain't no problem in informal usage.)
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It is short for "I am not". Rarely used in formal communication.
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| razoman wrote: It is short for "I am not" |
Hrm, not really. But my answer was a bit limited, too. I think it's best to say that "ain't" is short for "am not", "are not" or "is not".
You might hear somebody say something like "Ain't gonna do that" but I think it's best to treat that as meaning "Am not going to do that", which is, in turn, short for "I am not going to do that." It's OK to say "I ain't...", which wouldn't work if "ain't" was short for "I am not".
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Thanks for the help richerby and razoman,but may be i will not asked in the correct form but for example if i say:I ain´t got any money that means I does not have any money and not I isnt have......?And in one song:You aint nothin´but a hound dog/cryin all the time?There the singer used You arent-You aint or not?Can i use that in the other tenses?For example in Past Tenses with didnt or havent gone?And in the future?
Thanks in advance.
Boby
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| Boby wrote: I ain´t got any money |
That's a correct sentence, yes. It can also mean "do not" or "does not". 
| You ain't nothin´ but a hound dog |
This is slightly complicated because it's a double negative. It's best translated as "You aren't nothing but a hound dog" which, in turn, would be more formally written "You are nothing but..."
| Can i use that in the other tenses? |
I don't think so.
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