Wouldn

/ˈwʊdn̩/ verb (nonstandard)

Definition

A nonstandard or dialectal attempt to represent 'would not,' though the correct modern contraction is 'wouldn't'.

Etymology

From 'would' (auxiliary verb expressing conditionality) plus 'not'; the standard contraction 'wouldn't' prevailed while 'wouldn' remained a marginal or dialectal variant.

Kelly Says

You can almost see speakers trying different ways to squish 'would not' together—'wouldn,' 'wouldn't,' 'woulden'—and eventually one won out, but these failed variants prove language is constantly experimenting and competing with itself.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ይችላለች
yich-la-lech
ARالعربية
يمكنه
yakun
BNবাংলা
করতে পারত
kor-te par-tat
CACatalà
podria
po-dree-ah
CSČeština
mohl
moh-l
DADansk
kunne
koon-neh
DEDeutsch
würde
vuer-deh
ELΕλληνικά
θα μπορούσε
tha boroo-seh
ESEspañol
podría
po-dree-ah
FAفارسی
می‌توانست
mee-tee-va-nest
FISuomi
voisi
voh-ee
FRFrançais
pourrait
po-ray
GUGU
કરશે
kar-she
HAHA
zau
zah-oo
HEעברית
יכול היה
y-cho-leh ya-heh
HIहिन्दी
सकता था
sakat tha
HUMagyar
volna
vol-nah
IDBahasa Indonesia
bisa
bee-sah
IGIG
pụrụ
poo-roo
ITItaliano
potrebbe
po-treh-beh
JA日本語
できる
dekiru
KKKK
ауыс
aw-ees
KMKM
អាច
ah-ach
KO한국어
할 수 있겠어요
hal su is-geot-sseoyo
MRMR
करू शकतो
karoo shak-toh
MSBahasa Melayu
boleh
bo-leh
MYမြန်မာ
ရုံး
yoon
NLNederlands
zouden
zau-den
NONorsk
kunne
koon-neh
PAPA
કર ਸਕਦਾ
kar sak-dah
PLPolski
mogłoby
mog-loh-bee
PTPortuguês
poderia
po-deh-ree-ah
RORomână
ar fi putut
ar fee poo-too
RUРусский
мог
mog
SVSvenska
kunde
koon-deh
SWKiswahili
angeuka
an-geh-oo-kah
TAதமிழ்
முடியும்
moo-dee-um
TEతెలుగు
చేయగలడు
chey-ga-la-du
THไทย
สามารถ
sa-ma-tan
TLTL
magagawa
ma-ga-ga-wah
TRTürkçe
yaşayabilirdi
yah-shah-ee-bir-dee
UKУкраїнська
мог
mog
URاردو
کرسکتا تھا
kar-sa-kat tha
VITiếng Việt
có thể
co the
YOYO
le ni
leh nee
ZH中文
可以
kěyǐ
ZUZU
ngakwazi
ngah-kwa-zee

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