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[donay mendonça]

Olá pessoal,

1. I hadn't been born yet.

2. She hadn't been born yet.

3. He hadn't been born yet.

4. They hadn't been born yet.

Best wishes!

[Marcelo Júnior]

why not "hadn't still born"?

[donay mendonça]

Marcelo,

Porque "hadn't still born" não é uma opção natural em inglês, para se dizer "ainda não tinha nascido". Uma outra opção adequada seria "I wasn't born yet."

[Marcelo Júnior]

Thanks :]

[Thomas]

Donay has a point. Be aware that "stillborn" means "born dead" (natimorto). Not only does "hadn't still born" sound unnatural in English, it could easily be misunderstood as "stillborn".

A humorous way to say "not born yet" is "He was still a twinkle in his daddy's eye." That means that something took place not only before someone's birth but before his mother was even pregnant.