2021. január 19., kedd

Informal, slang

 Here are some common American English informal contractions with example sentences.


Contractions with "you"

original
words
informal
contraction
sentence
don't youdontchaDontcha like the movie?
didn't youdidntchaDidntcha like the movie?
won't youwontchaWontcha drive the car?
what are youwhatcha or watchaWhatcha doing?
got yougotchaI gotcha!
bet youbetchaBetcha can't guess the answer!



Contractions with "have"

original
words
informal
contraction
 sentence
should haveshouldaI shoulda called yesterday.
could havecouldaShe coulda been here by 1:00.
would havewouldaHe woulda arrived earlier, but the train was late.
might havemightaYou mighta left the bag at the airport.
must havemustaYou musta been in a hurry.
couldn't havecouldnaI couldna called because my phone was broken.
shouldn't haveshouldnaShe shouldna told you that.
wouldn't havewouldnaNick wouldna known about the meeting.
she would haveshe'daShe'da liked to be at the meeting today.
he would havehe'daHe'da liked to be there too.
I would haveI'daI'da written to you, but I didn't have your address.
They would havethey'daI wish they'da given me more time!
You would haveyou'daYou'da enjoyed the concert last night.



Contractions with "of"

original
words
informal
contraction
sentence
kind ofkindaI kinda like her.
out ofouttaThe printer is outta paper.
cup ofcuppaI need a cuppa coffee.
sort ofsortaI sorta need that book.
a lot ofa lottaI have a lotta homework tonight.



Contractions with "to"

original wordsinformal contractionsentence
got togottaI gotta buy a new car.
going togonnaShe is gonna be there today.
need toneedaI needa go shopping soon.
want towannaI wanna blue car.
have tohaftaI hafta save some money.
has tohastaTim hasta work today.
ought tooughtaShe oughta work two jobs.
supposed tosupposetaI'm supposeta start the job Monday.
used tousetaShe useta work there too.



Other informal contractions

original wordsinformal
contraction
sentence
give megimmeGimme five minutes.
let melemmeLemme see it!
tell themtellemTellem I'll be there soon.
don't knowdunnoI dunno what time it is.
am not
 are not
is not
ain't

(This is very informal and considered bad English)
I ain't going to be there. 
got agottaI gotta new job.
come onc'monC'mon! We don't want to be late!
some mores'moreCan I have s'more water?


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Informal Contractions

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