· Son formas contraídas que se utilizan principalmente en
conversaciones
casuales
o informales. No es correcto emplearlas en el lenguaje
formal ni
en el escrito.
FORMA
NORMAL
CONTRACCIÓN
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)