I cannot understand "wouldn't" in the lyrics below.
"Yesterday"
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
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Here in my American state, an elderly woman has just died. She was having problems breathing. Some people told the nurse to give CPR to the elderly woman. The nurse replied, "No, I WON'T [will not]."
In other words, the woman died because the nurse WOULDN'T [would not] give her CPR.
*** CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation (help a person breathe by pushing down on his/her chest).
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she wouldn't say means that she would not tell, say or speak about (insert subject here)
wouldn't is just an abbreviation of would not meaning not to do.
For example if you ask me : Are you worried about the exam today?
I would answer : I wouldn't worry too much about. ( I would not worry too much about it) meaning i am not going to worry too much.
As for would it is the positive form of wouldn't ( would not)
If you are going to do something voluntarily (you have the option of not doing it)
you can use this.
E.g: You want to get food.
I would like to get some food.
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Wouldn't here is negative since it's made up of Would + Not
She wouldn't say - this means that she did not want to tell him the reason she had to go, and from the girl not telling him, he could figure that he was the unsaid reason.
When using 'would' we mainly use it to talk about the past, the future in the past and express the conditional mood.
- past: I thought it would rain so I brought my umbrella.
- future in past: He left 5 minutes late, unaware that the delay would save his life.
- conditional: If he lost his job he would have no money.
We also use would for other functions, such as:
expressing desire, polite requests and questions, opinion or hope, wish and regret
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why he says "she wouldn't say". Could you use "would" in another example sentence?
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