Although done typically precedes past tense verbs in these AAE contexts, it can sometimes occur before present-tense verb forms. She done make us late! It also sometimes follows the AAE features called invariant be and stressed BIN.

Understanding the Context

DONE meaning: 1. past participle of do 2. If something is done, or you are done with it, it is finished, or you…. Learn more.

Key Insights

Past participle of do 1. 1. Having been carried out or accomplished; finished: a done deed. 2. Cooked adequately.

Final Thoughts

3. Socially acceptable: Spitting on the street is just not done in polite society. 4. Informal Totally worn out; exhausted. To have finished something: Are you done with your homework yet? Are they done eating dinner?

In the adjectival sense “completed, finished, through,” done dates from the 14th century and is entirely standard: Is your portrait done yet? Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Something that's done is finished, through, or over — it's no longer happening. If your final research paper is done, you've completed it.