在口语中大家会听到一些非正式的缩略语,在书写和正式场合中我们一般不说,只有在说话较快较随意的情况下才这么说,一下七种供了解:
1. GIMME = give me
Gimme your money.
Don't gimme that rubbish.
2. GONNA = going to
What are you gonna do?
I'm not gonna tell you.
3a. GOTTA = (have) got a
Have you gotta car?
I gotta gun.
3b. GOTTA = (have) got to
I gotta go now.
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.
Do you wanna watch TV?
7b. WANNA = want a
Do you wanna beer?
I wanna coffee.
一般如果用了某种缩略语,那么句子中常常会有其他的缩略语:
Do you want a beer?
Do you wanna beer?
D'you wanna beer?
D'ya wanna beer?
Ya wanna beer?
Wanna beer?