shan
part of speech
fragment (shan, from shan't); also Shan — a name
meaning for a pupil
1) A piece of the word «shan't», which means «shall not», as in «I shan't go». It is not a word by itself in English. tree →
2) (a name) The Shan are a people of Myanmar (Burma) and nearby lands, with their own language; Shan State is in Myanmar. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Only part of the place name Beth-shan, a city in the Jordan valley, where the Philistines hung the bodies of Saul and his sons. Interpretation: Tradition honors the men of Jabesh-gilead, who rescued and buried Saul's body, as an example of loyalty and kindness to the dead. In the primary lessons: «Shan't» (shall + not) is mostly British and old-fashioned, used in old books like Alice in Wonderland and The Wind in the Willows: Alice says «I shan't be able!» as she grows tall. Today most people say «won't».
examples
- And they put his armour in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. (Prophets 1SA.31.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. (Prophets 1SA.31.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- «I shan't!» shouted the cross little boy. tree →
- «I shan't be able to reach the key,» said Alice. tree →
- We shan't be long — wait here. tree →
- Shan't is short for shall not. tree →
- The Shan people live in the hills of Myanmar. tree →
note
Always written shan't with an apostrophe where the letters «ll no» are left out. «Shan» alone is just a fragment (or a name). Modern English: won't.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.