weren't
/wəːnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/wəːnt/
werent
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
we - rent -> weren't
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
More examples
- ‘There was incredible kindness there, and to know that you weren't alone was such a boost.’
- ‘We had found the bar down a side street and there weren't many Scots here besides ourselves.’
- ‘They'd all said it was big, but we weren't really prepared for quite how big it actually is.’
- ‘We wanted to make sure they were completely happy, and knew they weren't being made fun of.’
- ‘I also learnt the hard way that some people who called themselves my friends weren't.’
- ‘We offered to build the last mile and share ownership, but they weren't interested.’
- ‘The opposition weren't great to say the least, but they made up for it in passion.’
- ‘As time dragged on, they realised that they weren't going to find their dream home.’
- ‘Although the red tomatoes were good, the green and yellow ones weren't ripe enough.’
- ‘Later on at school we had the children sitting in rows and they weren't allowed to talk to each other.’
- ‘Why weren't the fans all decked in the colours of Australia or Germany or Turkey or Italy?’
- ‘We met in 1998, and we knew within a year that we weren't going to be able to have a baby easily.’
- ‘He drank during the day, when they weren't there, and at night after they had gone.’
- ‘That said, if it weren't for the rain, the course would have been even more difficult.’
- ‘We put it down to teething problems and weren't adverse to giving it another try.’
- ‘They weren't sure about the rule of law, or about how company reform would proceed.’
Study this word
Pattern match
Example practice
Mini quizWhat is the Myanmar meaning of “weren't”?
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.