Common Informal Contractions
Wanna, gimme, gonna, kinda, whatcha, ya, ain’t, lotta, I’mma, dunno, betcha, dontcha, lemme, oughta, sorta, cmon, s’more, musta, mighta, hafta;
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Word, Meaning, Word, Meaning
Wanna, Want to want a (coffee), Betcha, Bet you
Gimme, Give me, Dontcha, Don’t you
Gonna, Going to, Lemme, Let me
Gotta, Have got to, Oughta, Ought to
Kinda, Kind of, Soda, Sort of
Whatcha, What are you / what have you, Cmon, Come on
Ya, You, S’more, Some more
Ain’t, Am not / is not/ are not, Musta, Must have
Lotta, Lot of, Mighta, Might have
I’mma, I’m going to, Hafta, Have to
Dunno, Don’t / doesn’t know, D’you, Do you
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