INFORMAL CONTRACTIONS

We use them when we are speaking casually. It is important to do not forget that this is informal and we
should not use them in correct speech and obviously not in writing.

Informal Formal Example

Auxiliary
D’ya Do you D’ya want some ice cream?
gonna going to Nothing's gonna change my
opinion.
ain't am not/are not/is not I ain't sure.
You ain't nobody.
has not/have not I ain't done it.
She ain't finished yet.
Main verbs and Modal
wanna want to I wanna go home.
want a I wanna coffee.
hasta has to He hasta wash the car
lotta a lot of He has lotta things to do
hafta have to People hafta stop asking
questions.
gotta (have) got a I've gotta gun.
I gotta gun.
She hasn't gotta penny.
Have you gotta car?
(have) got to I've gotta go now.
I gotta go now.
We haven't gotta do that.
Have they gotta work?
Main Verbs with personal object pronouns
tellem tell them/him Tellem I love them.
lemme let me Lemme go!
giver give her Giver the rose, please.
gimme give me Gimme the money.
Can you gimme a hand?
Expressions with of
kinda kind of She's kinda cute.
sorta sort of They are sorta working hard.
outta out of He was outta school.
General expressions
ya you Who saw ya?
whatcha what are you Whatcha going to do?
Watcha doing?
what have you Whatcha got there?
cus Cousin I love my cus.
Because Cus I need the money.