3. Informal Contractions

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=== Transcript ===
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| Hello. I'm Sammy
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| and this is part two of the connected speech series.
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| Connected speech is used when you're speaking quickly and casually
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| and it can help your American English sound more natural.
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| Today, we'll be discussing informal contractions.
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| Can you hear the differences between the formal and casual sentences below?
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| Formal
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| I'm going to eat cake.
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| Casual
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| I'm gonna eat cake.
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| Do you want to go?
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| Do you wanna go?
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| I have to do homework.
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| I hafta do homework.
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| In the following story, pay attention to the underlined words
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| and see if you can hear the informal contractions.
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| I wanna surprise my sister for her birthday.
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| So I've gotta buy her a present.
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| I'm gonna hafta go to the mall.
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| I coulda gotten her a dog, but she already has a cat.
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| I woulda bought her a car, but it's too expensive.
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| Instead, I am gonna make her a big birthday cake.
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| Phrases like "gonna," "wanna," "hafta" are called informal contractions.
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| They are often used in casual spoken American English
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| but not in written English.
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| They are formed by combining words to shorten them
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| from their original form.
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| Practicing these can help you sound more natural
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| and become better at understanding fast casual speech.
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| Here are some examples of informal contractions with "to."
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| "Going to" becomes "gonna."
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| "want to" "wanna"
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| "have to" "hafta"
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| "got to" "gotta"
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| "ought to" "oughtta"
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| There are also examples with modal verbs plus "have."
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| such as "should have" becoming "shoulda"
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| "would have" "woulda"
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| "could have" "coulda"
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| "might have" "mighta"
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| Let's practice.
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| In the following story, try to pronounce the underlined phrases
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| using informal contractions.
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| Press pause at each page to practice at your own pace.
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| 3:15
| I wanna surprise my sister for her birthday, so I've gotta buy her a present.
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| 3:22
| I'm gonna hafta go to the mall.
|-
| 3:25
| I coulda gotten her a dog, but she already has a cat.
|-
| 3:30
| I woulda bought her a car, but it's too expensive.
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| 3:35
| Instead, I'm gonna make her a big birthday cake.
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| 3:43
| Next time, we'll discuss linking
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| 3:45
| in part three of the connected speech series.
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| This is American English. Thanks for watching.
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