Tuesday 9 September 2014

What does mean GONNA, GOTTA, WANNA, GIMME, GOTCHA?

Gonna, gotta, wanna, gimme, gotcha are often used in informal speech, especially in American English. Also  we can hear it  in different songs. What do they mean?



GONNA = GOING TO, В вопросах are опускается, например
What we gonna do now? (= What are we going to do now?)
We’re gonna carry on and try and get there before dark.
GOTTA= [HAVE] GOT TO, You gotta / You’ve gotta get changed right away. The match starts in five minutes.

WANNA= WANT TO, Это сокращение используется во всех лицах и числах, кроме 3 л ед.ч.(he, she, it: he/she wants to )
What you wanna do now? (Instead of: What do you want to do now?)

Другие популярные сокращения:

gimme = give me,
gotcha = got you,
lemme = let me, letcha = let you,
outa = out of,
c’mon = come on,
ya = you,
yeah/yep = yes,
nope/naa = no,
betcha = bet you,
kinda = kind of,
lotsa = lots of,
lotta = lot of,
helluva = hell of a,
a = going to (i’m a = i’m going to)

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