10 colloquial abbreviations in English that's worth knowing

Real English is not the same as in the textbooks. It is natural and native speakers consist of weight reductions. Here are ten of them, without knowledge of which you can not do.

Ilya Laptev

YouTube-channel Author Real Talk about learning English.

1. Gonna

| Ɡɑː.nə | = Going to - gather to do anything.

We're gonna get married. = We're going to get married. - We're going to get married.

Option gonna sound a lot easier. Moreover, you can omit the verb to be (we gonna get married), unless of course your inner censor allows it.

2. Wanna

| Wɑː.nə | = Want to / want a - want to do something / want something.

Wanna reduction is used in two senses: when we have something we want to do and when we just want something. In both cases, a wanna instead want to and want a:

• Do you wanna come to my place for dinner? = Do you want to come to my place for dinner? - Would you like to have dinner with me?
• I wanna birthday party. = I want a birthday party. - I want a party in honor of the birthday.

3. Gimme

| Ɡɪm.i | = Give me - give / give me.

This reduction is familiar to many from the song Gimme More Britney Spears and the group ABBA song. For a friendly easy dialogue is quite appropriate to say:

Oh, come on, Pat, gimme a break. - Oh, Pat, that's enough! Give me a break!

4. Lemme

| Lɛmɪ | = Let me - let me / let me.

Reducing lemme tune with gimme, is used as follows:

Lemme take care of her. = Let me take care of her. - Let me take care of her.

5. Kinda

| Kaɪ.ndə | = Kind of - type / form of anything; like, like, to some extent.

Very frequent colloquial contraction. Basically kinda used in two cases. Firstly, when you need to say or ask anything varieties:

What kinda music do you like? = What kind of music do you like? - What kind of music do you like?

And more colloquial variant for which kinda sounds more appropriate than kind of. Here are some examples:

• Actually, that's kinda cool. - In fact, this type of cool.
• Well, I kinda like someone. - Well, I kind of like some people.

6. Sorta

| Sɔːrtʌ | = Sort of - sort of, kind of like type.

By value is similar to that kinda:

• She's sorta out on her own. - It's kind of like itself.
• That's sorta their thing. - This type of chip.

7. Is not

| Eint | = Am / is / are not; have / has not -. negative particle "not"

This reduction is useful to know, but the use is not desirable. Carriers is deemed too informal, colloquial. You may think that it is not from the American slang, but in fact its roots go much deeper - right in London cockney.

It is not quite emotionally, so often found in various songs. From the recent recall Is not Your Mama Jennifer Lopez:

I is not gon 'be cooking all day, I is not your mama! = I'm not going to be cooking all day, I'm not your mama. - I'm not going to cook all day, I'm not your mother!

8. A lotta

| Elɑːtə | = A lot of - a lot of anything.

As with all of the above reductions, a lotta happened during the rapid merger of pronunciation and sounds. It is very popular, and know it you just need to be sure! And to use this:

Hey, you askin 'a lotta questions. = Hey, you're asking a lot of questions. - Hey, you ask a lot of questions.

And in the case of the plural instead of lots of you can speak lotsa:

I have lotsa computer games. = I have lots of computer games. - I have a lot of computer games.

9. Dunno

| Dənoʊ | = I do not know - I do not know.

That's how casually you can answer the question in an informal atmosphere.

Dunno, Mike, do whatever you like. = I do not know, Mike, do whatever you like. - I do not know, Mike, do as you wish.

Dunno can be used as a pronoun with or without.

10. Cuz

| Kɔːz | = 'Coz =' cos = 'cause = because - because.

Apparently, Because difficult to articulate not only learn English, but also to native speakers. Otherwise, why would so mock the word?

I like him cuz he's pretty. = I like him because he's pretty. - I like him, because pretty.

And what colloquial contraction often you use? Share in the comments.