Common Informal Contractions

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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