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# isn

fragment (isn — part of «isn't» = is not)

«isn» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Not a full word: «isn» is the first part of the short form «isn't», which means «is not». Written alone it appears only when the apostrophe and «t» are cut off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isn/#m1)

### In the lessons

In English lessons «isn't» is a contraction: the apostrophe stands where the letter «o» was left out of «is not». It is used in speech and friendly writing: «It isn't fair», «Isn't it lovely?». In tag questions: «It's cold, isn't it?».

### Examples

- It isn't raining any more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isn/#x1)
- This isn't my coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isn/#x2)
- Isn't that your teacher over there? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isn/#x3)
- The answer isn't 12; it's 13. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isn/#x4)
- She's in your class, isn't she? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isn/#x5)
- The shop isn't open on Sundays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isn/#x6)
- Nana, it isn’t six o’clock yet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isn/#x7)

### Note

Always write «isn't» with an apostrophe between «n» and «t». Full form: «is not». Do not write «isnt» or «is'nt». In formal writing use «is not». «Ain't» is very informal and counted wrong in school writing.

## In Jewish tradition

In English lessons «isn't» is a contraction: the apostrophe stands where the letter «o» was left out of «is not». It is used in speech and friendly writing: «It isn't fair», «Isn't it lovely?». In tag questions: «It's cold, isn't it?».

### Examples

- nB3 mynp nna ni2isn hpa graved by the voice, hewn out :mDipD nti-ens in the air, and fixed in the moutli in five places. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/isn/#x1)

### Note

Always write «isn't» with an apostrophe between «n» and «t». Full form: «is not». Do not write «isnt» or «is'nt». In formal writing use «is not». «Ain't» is very informal and counted wrong in school writing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «isn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«isn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/isn.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «isn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/isn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«isn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/isn.html) on Mova free.