nicht die Zeit, um

don't have time to

→ nicht

phrase Rare #43,702

don't have time to Used with an infinitive clause introduced by „um ... zu“ to say that someone lacks time to do something. The verb „haben“ changes with the subject and tense, as in „Ich habe nicht die Zeit“ or „Sie hatte nicht die Zeit.“

GE: Ich habe heute nicht die Zeit, um lange zu telefonieren.

EN: I don't have time to talk on the phone for long today.

Ich hatte nicht die Zeit, um Tom alles zu erklären.

I didn't have time to explain everything to Tom.

Maria hatte nicht die Zeit, um alles zu tun, worum Tom sie gebeten hatte.

Maria didn’t have time to do everything Tom had asked her to do.

Tom hat gerade nicht die Zeit, um Maria zu helfen.

Tom doesn't have time to help Maria right now.

Ich habe nicht die Zeit, um mir deine Lebensgeschichte anzuhören.

I don’t have time to listen to your life story.