Sois muchos los estudiantes que nos habéis preguntado, qué significan estas palabras que no aparecen en vuestros diccionarios de bolsillo. Pero, ¿esto es inglés? Sí, esto es inglés y así se habla en la vida real. ‘Wanna’, ‘gonna’, ‘gotta’, ‘lemme’, son contracciones que prácticamente todos los nativos, excepto el principe Charles y su madre, usan desde que se levantan hasta que se acuestan.
A los ‘grammar geeks’ le pone los pelos de punta escuchar este tipo de contracciones informales, pero que quieres que te diga, esta es la vida real. Los nativos tienen muy buenos motivos para usarlas, y es que estas contracciones les ayudan a agilizar la comunicación y a sonar mucho más natural.
Si vas a quedar para practicar tu inglés con tu tandem, es mucho más probable que te pregunte: “Where do you wanna meet?” en lugar de “Where do you want to meet?”
Excepto en situaciones muy formales, en tu examen oral de inglés y en cualquier texto que no sea un sms a tu amigo o un post en redes sociales, úsalas alegremente.
Do you wanna learn some amazeballs English? Let’s begin!
Contracciones informales en inglés
Dunno – I don’t know
- Where are my keys? – I dunno, but they can’t have gone too far.
- What do you fancy for dinner Isabel?- I dunno, sushi? Pizza? I’m easy!
- I dunno whether to laugh or cry.
Gimme – give me
- Gimme a minute, I need to phone my sister.
- Can you gimme a hand darling?
- Just gimme your email address and I’ll send you all the details.
Si quieres practicar la pronunciación a ritmo de música ochentera, ponte esta canción de Abba. Turn the volume right up! 🎶
Gonna – going to
- I’m gonna have a barbecue at mine tomorrow, are you up for it?
- I’m just gonna pop to the shops, do you want anything?
- Is he not gonna apologise?
Gotta – have got to
- I’ve gotta get my groceries before they close the shop.
- You’ve gotta tell him the truth.
- We’ve gotta be at the airport before 5 p.m.
Si quieres decir que te tienes que ir, según la prisa que tengas hay 3 opciones:
- I have got to go now.
- I ‘ve gotta go now.
- I gotta go now.
Aunque solo la primera sea admitida por los ‘grammar geeks’, las otras dos se usan muchísimo, especialmente la última cuando tienes mucha prisa.
Si te lías con have y have got, you’ve gotta watch this video sobre la diferencia entre have y have got.
Hafta – have to
You’re gonna hafta lend me some money because I’ve lost my wallet.
Pero ahí había 2 contracciones. Gonna, going to que acabamos de ver y hafta, have to.
Ok, no problem but you hafta give it back with interest.
Innit – isn’t it?
- England is a lovely country, innit?
- That’s a good deal, innit?
- It’s a bit chilly in here, innit?
Esta última frase, en ‘polite British English’, en realidad quiere decir: “Can you put the bloody heating on? I’m freezing to death!” 😂
💂♂️ bloody = maldito
Esta contracción, ‘innit’, es la única que no te recomendamos usar muy alegremente, ya que suena un poco vulgar. Pero si hay confianza, usa esta contracción, solo por ver la cara que se les queda.
Kinda – kind of
Tiene varios significados:
👉 ¿Qué tipo de …?
- What kinda books do you read?
- What kinda person is he?
- What kinda tea do you drink?
👉 Un poco, algo.
You look kinda sad, what’s the matter?
The new British Prime Minister is kinda weird, isn’t he?
This coffee tastes kinda salty, doesn’t it?
Lemme – let me
Lo que siempre le digo a las abuelitas cargando con bolsas de la compra:
“Oh lemme give you a hand madam.”
Otros ejemplos:
- Lemme see if I have some spare change.
- I’m not sure, lemme give Susan a call.
Wanna – want to
- I wanna get a new laptop, this one couldn’t be any slower!
- You wanna go for a coffee after work?
- Do you wanna help me set the table? – No thanks, I’m pretty comfortable lying on the sofa.
Wansta – wants to
- I think the dog wansta go out.
- My mum wansta invite all of her cousins to my wedding.
- She wansta go to the movies and eat some cotton candy.
Y qué me dices de las contracciones formales?
Aún no sabes como pronunciarlas?
Este paso es crucial para liberarte del inglés robótico … no te la puedes perder.
¿Estas contracciones se usan en inglés británico?
Claro que sí, se usan por igual a ambos lados del charco. Lo que pasa es que estamos tan acostumbrados a escucharlas en las series y películas americanas, que quizás tenemos esa impresión.
Well done for coming to class today! ✏️✌️
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– Do you really wanna do this thing?
– I dunno… Lemme think about it.
I can’t… I gotta go.
– You kidding me? They’re waiting for you out there.
– Oh my god, gimme courage!
– What’s it gonna be Romeo?
– I got nothing.
– You kidding me, right?
– What did you expect?
– I dunno, something cool!
– You are kinda nuts…
– You hafta marry her, innit?
Real story in Chicago- US
My boyfriend and I were going to a party, we got to the place and had to take off the shoes !
So , I told him ” hey honey, here are my boots ,do you wanna grab them ? ” everyone laughed.
I was thinking ( what the h** I just said) of course, I don’t say boots , I said boobs !!!😂
Lemme go to Lemmy show!!! I just wanna have fun at Motorhead concert!!
“The contradictions of the contractions”
Oh! Lemme a sec… I donna what to write…
I wanna win the prize, so I hafta do my best
But this is not proper English, innit?
So this is kinda weird coz I’m gonna to destroy the British grammar!
Oh no! It’s done, innit?😱
Lemme tell you a little story that happened a few years ago to a little girl named Emily… It was a sunny day when a beautiful and cozy coffee shop was opened in my hometown. She kinda wanted to get inside in order to see what kind of drinks or desserts they had displayed, however things started to get dark when a little dog went crazy and started to push everybody breaking the plates with cute cupcakes and stuff. I really dunno what I would do if I found myself there. Pretty crazy anecdote, innit?
Great post!
I just missed a couple of contractions: Watcha (What are you) and Gotcha (Got you).
Here it comes! Real story in in a Party with my boyfriend in USA in front of all his friends!
We got to the party and had to take off the shoes, I was wearing boots, so I said.
Diana: ey honey, here are my boots, do you wanna grab them ? and everyone laughted!
I tought (what the hell I just said), of course I said boobs not boots!!
Isabel and Philip I think the pronunciation of these contractios are stronger in Amerca than in the UK even in films in the UK they don’t use them but in american movies they do
I only knew Dunno and Innit? One day in a British pub a man told me:
> Can you gimme the dog water bowl, please? (It was on the floor) and he said, i think it’s clean, innit? he laugh.
Ok cos I gonna put some water for my dog. Thanks
That’s a real story and I sorry if there are some mistakes.
🤗
I hafta win this sorteo if I wanna survive in London😁.
Gotta go to catch the tube now… I better wear my swimsuit lol too hot
I wanna to sing like Phillip, but I couldn`t wear his kinda haircut.
As King Louie sang to Mowgli 🎶I wanna be like you… 🎶
Phillip: You look kinda sad, what’s the matter?
Isabel: I dunno,
Phillip: here´s a joke, what has 4 legs but isn´t alive?
Isabel: mmmm, Gimme a minute …. a chair haha, nice try Phil
Phillip: It´s ur dog, he´s dead Isabel
Isabel: 🙁
After such a nice post, I gonna take a large beer right now, my dear friends. Have a nive week, troncos, and keep on going with such posts tan chulos.
Hahaha! Thank you so much José! 🙂
Are you here, innit? Gimme a sign, please. I feel kinda alone.
It’s time to speak english properly,innit? I wanna drink a beer
I wanna to look a Phipli dancing at the Macarena song.
Lol!I’m sure he’ll be up for that Juan Carlos! 🙂
I’m gonna watch Mr Bartlett lessons the whole day.
I dunno if Isabel likes tea but, I’m pretty sure that Phillip has a safe full of tea bags. 😅
I really wanna learn english with Phillip and Isabel.
Mr Bartlett is pretty cool, innit?
Isabel is kinda funny.
Love ya Amigos Ingleses 💙
This topic is kinda weird, innit? I really wansta participate but I dunno what to write… Just lemme think about it cause this is driving me nuts!
Isabel please, you hafta help me out! Aren’t you gonna gimme a few pieces of advise? If you don’t I’ll tell Mr. Bartlett what you’ve done! Do you wanna be the talk of the town?
Ok… Look, I’m sorry. I’ve gotta drink a cup of tea and calm down. Lemme know if you read this…
See ya soon.
Pd: I’m not mental.
What kinda conditions do you have buddy?!
-Do you wanna improve your english?
=Mmm I’m gonna think about it, I dunno. I’ll hafta study a lot, and it’ll be boring, innit?
-Lemme convence you, have u ever seen two friends kinda crazies who wanna teach you English with oscar performances and colorful glasses?
= no, but i’m gonna do it now!!! I don’t wanna miss that kinda videos.
– perfect, i’ll go with you, you bring the biscuits, innit?
-…. 🤔😲
I wanna have fun learning English, so, please, gimme the course. Now, the English courses are kinda expensive and I don’t have money for that. I gonna be rich but now lemme not spend money in academics.
Hello friends:
Shhhhh….. I’m reading all the comments in Spanish….. so I’m gonna write mine in English to win the Super Fluency Pack, yeiiiii!!
From a robbery to a grammy:
R- Gimme your bag, lady.
G-Donno what you say, I couldn´t hear you
R- You hafta gimme your bag
G- Oh! my bag? lemme take out my pistol
R- Ok but hurry up, because I gonna run !!!!!
G- What kinda robbery are you? I am a grammy
R- Don´t worry I just wanna take your money……….. Bye
Wow María! Great story! 😂 Thanks for participating! Fingers crossed! 🤞
Tourist: What kinda food should I try in Peru?
Me: I dunno, cause there are several foods that are really delicious. But you can try Ceviche.
Tourist: Lemme know which is the best place to visit in Peru?
Me: Iquitos( the Amazon river)
Tourist: can you gimme your phone number to ask you more details?
Me: yes sure