Have you seen words like "gonna" or "wanna" and wondered
what they mean? Perhaps you have looked in a dictionary and
been unable to find them. That’s because these words are
"informal contractions" or short forms of other words that
people use when speaking informally. They are not exactly
slang, but they are a little like slang. In fact, if you
look in a good (big) dictionary, you will usually find them
Here are the 7 most common informal contractions, with
example sentences
GIMME = give me
Gimme your money.
Don’t gimme that rubbish
Can you gimme a hand
2 GONNA = going to
Nothing’s gonna change my love for you.
I’m not gonna tell you
What are you gonna do
a. GOTTA = (have) got a
I’ve gotta gun
I gotta gun
She hasn’t gotta penny
Have you gotta car?
3b. GOTTA = (have) got to
I’ve gotta go now
I gotta go now
We haven’t gotta do that
Have they gotta work
4. INIT = isn’t it
That’s smart, init
Init strange
5. KINDA = kind of
She’s kinda cute
Are you kinda mad at me
6. LEMME = let me
Lemme go!
He didn’t lemme see it
7a. WANNA = want to
I wanna go home
I don’t wanna go
Do you wanna watch TV
7b. WANNA = want a
I wanna coffee.
I don’t wanna thing from you
Do you wanna beer
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. We use them only when
speaking fast and informally, for example with friends. Also
the sentences above may be a little artificial because when
we use a contraction like "wanna", we probably also use
other contractions in the same sentence, as follows
Do you want a beer
Do you wanna beer
D’you wanna beer
D’ya wanna beer
Ya wanna beer
Wanna beer
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