Ain't is used as a regular negated form of be or have, and supposedly sometimes do:

  • I ain't no tractor. = I am not a tractor.

  • I ain't got no tractor. = I haven't got any tractor.

It's also used like there isn't, by common omission of there from there ain't.

  • Ain't no tractor here. = There isn't any tractor here.

And in case you hadn't guessed, dialects that use ain't stereotypically use negative concord as well.


I was taught that "ain't" is a contraction of "am not." Its wide misuse has caused it to be considered slang.