Son formas contradas que se utilizan principalmente en conversaciones casuales
o informales. No es correcto emplearlas en el lenguaje formal ni en el escrito.
FORMA
NORMAL
CONTRACCIN
INFORMAL
GOING TO
GONNA
WANT TO
WANNA
GOT TO
GOTTA
KIND OF
KINDA
OUT OF
OUTTA
WHAT ARE YOU
WATCHA
DON'T KNOW
DUNNO
GIVE ME
GIMME
HAVE TO
HAFTA
LET ME
LEMME
SHOULD HAVE
SHOULDA
- Are you gonna help me? / Are you going to help me?. (Vas a ayudarme?)
- We're outta beer / We're out of beer. (Nos hemos quedado sin cerveza)