Learn To Speak Colloquial English

Serroukh · **مرسل:** الخميس يناير 31, 2008 7:24 am

[english]Informal contractions are short forms of other words that people use when speaking casually. They are not exactly slang, but they are a little like slang

For example, "gonna" is a short form of "going to". If you say "going to" very fast, without carefully pronouncing each word, it can sound like "gonna

Please remember that these are informal contractions. That means that we do not use them in "correct" speech, and we almost never use them in writing. (If you see them in writing, for example in a comic strip, that is because the written words represent the spoken words or dialogue.) We normally use them only when speaking fast and casually, for example with friends. Some people never use them, even in informal speech

It is probably true to say that informal contractions are more common in American English

Also note that, unlike normal contractions, we do not usually use apostrophes (') with informal contractions when written

Here are some common informal contractions, with example sentences. Note that the example sentences may be a little artificial because when we use a contraction we may also use other contractions in the same sentence, or even drop some words completely. For example

[align=center]What are you going to do? >>> Whatcha going to do? >>> Whatcha gonna do

Do you want a drink?>>>Do you wanna drink?>>>D'you wanna drink?>>>D'ya wanna drink?Ya wanna drink?>>>Wanna drink

ain't = am not/are not/is not
I ain't sure You ain't my boss

ain't = has not/have not
I ain't done it She ain't finished yet

gimme = give me
Gimme your money
Don't gimme that rubbish
Can you gimme a hand

gonna = going to
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
I'm not gonna tell you
What are you gonna do

gotta = (have) got a
I've gotta gun
I gotta gun
She hasn't gotta penny
Have you gotta car

gotta = (have) got to
I've gotta go now
I gotta go now
We haven't gotta do that
Have they gotta work

kinda = kind of
She's kinda cute

lemme = let me
Lemme go

wanna = want to
I wanna go home

wanna = want a
I wanna coffee

whatcha = what are you
Whatcha going to do whatcha = what have you
Whatcha got there

ya = you
Who saw ya[/english][/align]
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عصام · **مرسل:** الخميس يناير 31, 2008 6:09 pm

Serroukh,
مشكور اخي لهالجهود الرائعة بمواضيعك اللي عم تطرحها
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Raghad · **مرسل:** الاثنين فبراير 04, 2008 1:28 am

Serroukh,
الله يعطيك العافية

بالفعل موضوع هام كتير و خاصة لمتحدثي اللغة الانكليزية بشكل دائم

اقتباس:

Do you want a drink?>>>Do you wanna drink?>>>D'you wanna drink?>>>D'ya wanna drink?Ya wanna drink?>>>Wanna drink

راااااااااااااائع

اقتباس:

What are you going to do? >>> Whatcha going to do? >>> Whatcha gonna do

أنا بصراحة أول مرة بعرف انو هي الجملة هيك بتصير

مشكوووووووور جدا" على الموضوع القيم

الموضوع كان يجب طرحه في قسم القواعد

لأنه يشرح قاعدة عامة و ليس قاعدة خاصة بسنة من السنين

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Hiba.Sh · **مرسل:** الاثنين فبراير 18, 2008 7:19 pm

اقتباس:

gimme = give me
Gimme your money
Don't gimme that rubbish
Can you gimme a hand

اقتباس:

kinda = kind of
She's kinda cute

lemme = let me
Lemme go

wanna = want to
I wanna go home

wanna = want a
I wanna coffee

whatcha = what are you
Whatcha going to do whatcha = what have you
Whatcha got there

ya = you
Who saw ya

اول مرة اعرف انو ممكن نلفظهم هيك بس عنجد نفسي أسمع على native speaker لأنو ملاقيه فرق حتى لما بحكيهم بطريقه سريعه
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