Contractions with "to'
original informal sentence
words contraction
‘got to gotta T gotta buy 3 new car,
‘going to ‘gonna She is gonna be there today.
need to needa Ineeda go shopping soon.
want to wanna wanna blue car.
have to hafta Thafte save some money.
has to hasta Tim hasta work today.
‘ought to ‘oughta ‘She oughta work two jobs,
‘Supposed to Supposeta T'm supposeta start the job
Monday
used to useta She useta work there too
ee ——_tseta [She useta work there too, |
Other informal contractions
| originat ‘informal ‘sentence
words contraction
give me ‘gimme ‘Gimme five minutes,
let me lemme Lemme see it!
tell them tellem, Tellem I'll be there soon,
don’t know. dunno. I dunno what time itis
am not ain't Tain’t going to be there.
are not (This is very informal ang
isnot ‘considered bad English)
gota gotta T gotta new job.
come on ‘c'mon ‘C'mon! We don't want to
be late!
some mors smore Can Ihave s'more water?
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