Contraction |
Full word |
Example sentence |
gonna |
going to |
Everything is gonna be alright. |
gotta |
got to |
He is gotta be kidding me. |
wanna |
want to |
I wanna have lunch at Italian restaurant. |
lemme |
let me |
Lemme help you. I don’t want you to stay up whole night. |
gimme |
give me |
Gimme that money back! |
outta |
out of |
You better get outta here before I slap you with my own hand. |
kinda |
kind of |
I was kinda sorry to see him go. |
I’mma |
I am going to |
I’mma get myself some time off. I’m so tired. |
hafta |
have to |
I hafta do it by myself. |
dunno |
don't/doesn’t know |
She dunno anything about business. |
sorta |
sort of |
He is sorta handsome. |
alotta |
a lot of |
Mom has alotta power. |