John 3Sixteen English

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Informal contractions

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• ain't–am/is/are not
• ain't–has not, have not +pp
• alotta–a lot of
• betcha–bet you
• c’mon–come on
• cos–because
• couldna–couldn't have
• coupla–couple of
• cuppa–cup of
• didntcha–didn't you
• dija–did you
• dontcha–don't you
• dunno–don't know
• d'you–do you
• gimme–give me
• gonna--going to
• gotcha–got you
• gotta–got to/have got to
• gotta–got a/got to
• hafta–have to
• hasta–has to
• imma–i'm going to
• innit? –isn't it?
• i'da–i would have
• kinda–kind of
• layder–later
• letcha–let you
• lotsa–lots of
• lotta–lot of
• lemme–let me
• mighta–might to
• mucha–much of
• mussna–must not have
• musta–must have
• needa–need to
• oughta–ought to
• outta–out of
• s’more–some more
• shoulda–should have
• shouldna–shouldn't have
• sorta–sort of
• supposta–supposed to
• s'more–some more
• tell'em–tell them
• they'da–they would have
• tryna–trying to
• usta–used to
• wanna–want to
• whatcha/watcha–what are
• whatcha–what have you
• whatchu–what are you
• wontcha–won't you
• wuddaya–what do you
• ya–you/you're