Breakdown of Es tut mir leid, ich habe keine Zeit.
ich
I
haben
to have
die Zeit
the time
Es tut mir leid
I am sorry
Questions & Answers about Es tut mir leid, ich habe keine Zeit.
Why does it say "Es tut mir leid" instead of using the verb to be?
In English, we say "I am sorry". In German, the set phrase is es tut mir leid, which literally translates to "it does to me sorrow" or "it causes me pain". es means "it", tut means "does", and mir is "to me".
Why do we use keine instead of nicht to say "no time"?
Why does keine have an "-e" at the end here?
The word kein changes its ending depending on the gender of the noun that follows it. Zeit (time) is a feminine noun (die Zeit). For feminine nouns, kein takes the -e ending to become keine.
Why is mir used in this sentence instead of ich or mich?