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couldn’t: could not couldn’t’ve: could not have cuppa: cup of daren’t: dare not / dared not daresn’t: dare not dasn’t: dare not didn’t: did not doesn't: does not don’t: do not / does not [4] dunno (informal) do not know / don't know d’ye (informal) do you / did you d’ya (informal) do you / did you e’en (poetic) even e’er ...
The first English grammar, Bref Grammar for English by William Bullokar, published in 1586, does not use the term "auxiliary" but says: All other verbs are called verbs-neuters-un-perfect because they require the infinitive mood of another verb to express their signification of meaning perfectly: and be these, may, can, might or mought, could, would, should, must, ought, and sometimes, will ...
The English modal auxiliary verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly to express modality, properties such as possibility and obligation. [a] They can most easily be distinguished from other verbs by their defectiveness (they do not have participles or plain forms [b]) and by their lack of the ending ‑(e)s for the third-person singular.
As for whether y'all'dn't've is a real contraction, the closest thing I've heard to it is the slurring of "You wouldn't've" at the beginning of a sentence. I think y'all'dn't've would make no sense if spoken as it lacks the wou sound, and so ends up sounding like ya'll didn't've which is not a valid contraction.
To bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed To turn, turn, will be our delight 'Til by turning, turning, we come round right 'Tis a gift to be simple 'Tis a gift to be true 'Tis a gift to labor 'til the day is through And when we find ourselves in the place so fine 'Twill be in the cool of the birch and the pine (chorus) 'Tis a gift to be joyful
There are a total of about 93 million people of Tai ancestry worldwide, with the largest ethnic groups being Dai, Thai, Isan, Tai Yai (Shan), Lao, Tai Ahom, Tai Kassay and some Northern Thai peoples. The Tai are scattered through much of South China and Mainland Southeast Asia , with some ( e.g. Tai Ahom , Tai Kassay, Tai Khamyang , Tai Khamti ...
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Graphical summary of the development of Tai scripts from a Shan perspective, as reported in Sai Kam Mong's Shan Script book. The Shan script is a Brahmic abugida, used for writing the Shan language, which was derived from the Burmese script. [2] Due to its recent reforms, the Shan alphabet is more phonetic than other Burmese-derived scripts. [3]